Dan Pink Quotes
The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.
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A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
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I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
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I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.
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The obligation to endure gives us the right to know.
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Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes.
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I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.
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In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life.
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The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.
