Simon Sinek Quotes
Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I love taking chances.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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I have many intense friendships with artists. I don't mean we have intense one-day conversations but ongoing conversations that last in some cases for years.
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
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I get to be the nosiest friend or acquaintance that anyone has because it's - my job is to ask you about your dating life all the time.
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
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If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
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I think 'The Shining' is one of the first horror movies I remember seeing.
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'Music is a fine thing, but metal lasts.' He struck the table with two huge fingers to emphasize his point....As I left, I thought about what Kilvin had said. It was the first thing he had said to me that I did not agree with wholeheartedly. Metal rusts, I thought, music lasts forever.Time will eventually prove one of us right.
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L'existence du Soldat est (après la peine de mort) la trace la plus douloureuse de barbarie qui subsiste parmi les hommes.
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'Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past. But a man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present...This faculty of understanding the living is, in very truth, the master quality of the historian.'
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That was the danger Samuel Butler jestingly prophesied in Erewhon, the danger that the human being might become a means whereby the machine perpetuated itself and extended its dominion.
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It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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There's slowly been a kind of shift in how we think about childhood. It's like childhood almost extends to 20 or 22 even after the end of college. When I was growing up, there was this expectation that you were on your own now.
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And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.
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If tomorrow your career ends and you cannot do anything anymore, at least you know you gave everything.
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You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Don't be blinded by the vision.
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Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.
