Nitin Nohria Quotes
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
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All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
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I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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As an elected official, an advocate for children, and an educator, Glenn Poshard has always fought for what's right.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
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When I get married it will be for keeps.
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I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
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You realize mortality is everywhere.
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When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.
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In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.
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Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
