I hate small talk! I can't do it.
Amanda de Cadenet
Recitation: by Male by Female
Leadership is hard. It's a skill. It's a technique.
Jocko Willink
LeadershipSkillHardTechnique
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
John Keegan
LoyaltyCourageCompromiseGoDone
Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!
Michael Bay
GreatJobCareerMoreDirecting
I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.
Amy Ryan
LoveFunMeDramaReasonCostume
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
Steven Biko
HappinessOppressorNeverTaskExist
I'm a pretty serious Independent.
Tommy Franks
SeriousIndependentPretty
I don't want to say that we are the world in that we are not distinct from each other. I want to say that the humanity that is our foundation is common, but my culture, my beliefs, my values, what makes me sing and what makes me happy and the language I speak in and the relationships I have in the world are distinctive.
Mira Nair
CultureHappyMeWorldSpeakValues
I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.
Johnny Depp
HateYouI CanDoneWantShy
I've never tried to measure myself on any scale. A person is more multifaceted than the label they often get stuck with. On the other hand someone's whole behaviour allows you to characterise them in a certain way. This person has liberal convictions, that person has conservative ones, this person is a radical socialist, and so on.
Dmitry Medvedev
MyselfSomeoneYouMeasurePerson
Videogames make you feel like you're actually doing something. Your brain processes the tiered game achievements as real-life achievements. Every time you get to the next level, hot jets of reward chemical coat your brain in a lathery foam, and it seems like you're actually accomplishing stuff.
Chris Hardwick
TimeBrainGameDoingYouReward
Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities.
Martha Beck
SchoolChoicesHigh SchoolPriorities
When the first episode of 'Mythbusters' aired in 2003, I couldn't drive a car. I couldn't see a R-rated movie. I was 14 years old, and I couldn't do much of anything. But 'Mythbusters' taught me that I could do science.
Kyle Hill
CarScienceMeDriveFirstSee
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