Adam Grant Quotes
As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.
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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.
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I need to rein myself in sometimes.
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What's important to me is love, especially that. What's important to me is growing and evolving. But ultimately, what's important to me is being real and being authentic. I've spent enough time in my life holding poses, playing roles.
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I like cups of tea and reading books and poetry and old people things.
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Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.
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As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.
