Walter Isaacson Quotes
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what abides.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew before could call me or reach me.
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Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more opposable thumb in the digital world than I care for; it's awfully close to human.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.
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George Bush doesn't care about black people.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.
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I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
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Your body is a machine. Learn the right way to take care of it.
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I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.
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My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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Miracle is a misunderstood reality.
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I think that a huge positive that's come out of me having successful competitions as an athlete has been that, through the years it's become less and less about personal victory and more about strengthening a platform for me to have a voice in the world and I could really talk about anything I wanted to and I've chosen to make my voice be heard and be recognized for some of the charities that I really care about and work very closely with.
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Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.
