Dan Pink Quotes
A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.
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I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
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The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time - to push back on our hours of work. We need to form a new alliance between feminist groups, labor unions, child advocates, progressive corporations, and the federal government insofar as it's willing to pursue a family-friendly agenda.
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A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.
