Alfie Kohn Quotes
People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!
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I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.
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I have to find work wherever it might be hiding.
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When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.
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The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.
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I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.
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Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living.
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There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.
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I can answer anything about any American pop culture song ever.
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If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.
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It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician.
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People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices.
