Patrick Lencioni Quotes
Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
Quotes to Explore
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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Do people ever ask me to say 'Wow?' Never in interviews, but a few times on the street. I don't do it. I try to get away from them as quickly as possible and explain that I'm not a performing seal.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.
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My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.
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Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.
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I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
