Alfie Kohn Quotes
When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.
Quotes to Explore
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I was very successful, and I graduated with honors. And then I called my dad, who still lives in London, and I said, 'Dad, thanks for college, but I'm going to go act now.' It didn't go over very well.
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Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.
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One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.
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I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.
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You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.
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1914...Dr. Joseph Goldberger had proven that (pellagra) was related to diet, and later showed that it could be prevented by simply eating liver or yeast. But it wasn't until the 1940's...that the 'modern' medical world fully accepted pellagra as a vitamin B deficiency.
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I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.
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I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.
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Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
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I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don't feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.
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So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question.
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I like clothes and fashion. It's a hobby for me and I really enjoy being part of it, so it's nice when people say: 'He can dress quite well.
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But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.
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We're just a composed, poised team on the road. Nothing really gets to us.
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Silence is a strange thing to us who live: we desire it, we fear it, we worship it, we hate it. There is a divinity about cats, as long as they are silent: the silence of swans gives them an air of legend.
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When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.
