Bob Burg Quotes
Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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I think that cinema and the arts are central in our lives because we grow up and learn about the world through our exposure to stories. Parents use them as a tool to teach their children fundamental truths and values, much as adults can view them to gain exposure to cultures and individuals that they'd never be able to view in their own lives.
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I request the audience to not mix cinema with politics.
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The whole thing with VR is that it doesn't matter, local versus networked gaming. The goal in virtual reality isn't to have people sit in the same room with headsets on.
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One golden rule is to accept the interpretation honestly put on the pledge by the party administering it.
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Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life.
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The Sabbath is not simply a time to rest, to recuperate. We should look at our work from the outside, not just from within.
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As mayor in an executive position, I have to dress more like an executive, which has been delightful.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them.
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Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices - leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.
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Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
