Simon Mainwaring Quotes

Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).

Simon Mainwaring

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
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  • Birth: 1967

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Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated, and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.

Jesse Spencer

MeChoirSheRebelliousSingJust

Anyone can be James Dean for a day.

Michael Bastian

DayJames DeanAnyoneJamesDean

I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.

Rod Taylor

GoodSmallPictureBadDownTurn

After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.

Roberto Clemente

TimeMindWinAwardFirst TimeUp

In my experience, it is the leader - the CEO - who plays the crucial role in creating and 'owning' an organization's culture, setting the tone, and executing on that consistently.

Ron Williams

LeaderCultureExperienceCreating

I've always listened to a lot of rap. It's all, 'Look at this car that cost me so much money, look at this Champagne.' It's super fun.

Lorde

CarMoneyFunMeLookChampagne

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

Diane Ladd

GreatYouSheAlwaysGirlfriendUp

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

Bonnie Raitt

ExperienceMeBluesAudienceSee

The idea that fiction can capture the stories that fall through the cracks of history informed 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,' which progresses across the two Chechen Wars of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Anthony Marra

HistoryFallEarlyCaptureFiction

To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.

Arturo Toscanini

StruggleMeConSomeNapoleon

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

William Henry Harrison

FreeMostWhichGovernmentsContend

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

Wilma Mankiller

FuturePastPeopleSocietyDecisions

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