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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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
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The act of driving your body, very occasionally, close to its limit of endurance is for some reason one of life’s major satisfactions. And relaxing afterwards is one of life’s most luxurious rewards.
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All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
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It was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had in my life to meet Paul McCartney. It was phenomenal.
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Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.