Leila Janah Quotes
I think the way you build a company for the future has to include social impact; it has to be part of the fabric of your company. I think when you do that, you invariably end up with much better outcomes, even in the short-term.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.
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The north of Sweden is very socialist and poor. They feel left out and despise Stockholm in many ways because Stockholm has become new liberals and much more Americanized.
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I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn't express to an individual, I would express them in my music.
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Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.
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I think the way you build a company for the future has to include social impact; it has to be part of the fabric of your company. I think when you do that, you invariably end up with much better outcomes, even in the short-term.
