Doug McMillon Quotes
As a leader during transformation, you have to be out in front — show that you want to learn, be curious, introduce new ideas, ask questions.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.
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I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.
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I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.
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You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.
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At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.
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When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
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Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.
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The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house.
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The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.
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Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift.
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There are ordinary spaces where people do, more or less, share neighbourhoods. In Haifa, there are whole communities that are more or less integrated. But of course that is with Palestinian Israelis who have, for the most part, accepted certain kinds of cooperative models, and also accept second-class citizenship.
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As a leader during transformation, you have to be out in front — show that you want to learn, be curious, introduce new ideas, ask questions.
