Alfie Kohn Quotes
If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.
Quotes to Explore
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like.
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I guess the subject of race is so natural to me I never think of it as hefty. It's something I talk about and joke about and discuss with my loved ones every day of my life.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone.
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If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.
