David McClelland Quotes
Understanding human motivation ought to be a good thing. It should help us to find out what we really want so that we can avoid chasing rainbows that are not for us. It should open up opportunities for self-development if we apply motivational principles to pursuing our goals in life.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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The real bombs are my books, not me.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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Bless my mom. Mom is everything to me.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.
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I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
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The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.
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I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as it does in New York. And then I guess everyone's very good at hanging out. Not in a crazy way, but you're just constantly interacting and learning.
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Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.
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Climbing, as my grandmother said, it's a pretty frivolous thing. She always wondered when I was going to get a real job. But climbing is a real job for me now, and I enjoy it. It's a gift that I'm able to do it, share adventure and motivation with people.
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Understanding human motivation ought to be a good thing. It should help us to find out what we really want so that we can avoid chasing rainbows that are not for us. It should open up opportunities for self-development if we apply motivational principles to pursuing our goals in life.
