Douglas Conant Quotes

On a personal level, I send out about 20 thank-you notes a day to staffers, on all levels. And every six weeks I have lunch with a group of a dozen or so employees, to get their perspective on the business, to address problems and to get feedback.

Douglas Conant

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I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

Jimmy Gomez

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When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'

Jill Abramson

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With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.

Michael Bolton

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Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

Soren Kierkegaard

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As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird.

Robyn Hitchcock

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Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.

Ryan Adams

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Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.

Mike Mills

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I should be more vocal about the things I believe are doing us harm, but many years ago in my early twenties, I learned a bit of a lesson. I started to realise at that time the benefits of eating healthy food and drink.

Jasper Carrott

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People ask about love. Real love. I was never in love; the people around me didn't love me. They were just along for the ride.

Dick Dale

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My first on-screen kiss was lame: Nickelodeon. But my first real-life kiss was super cute and nice, but still very awkward. It was with this hot skateboarder with dreadlocks. He was my little Rasta man.

Christian Serratos

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The challenge of writing books for teenagers is walking the fine line between truth and what the publishers, parents, and the more conservative librarians want to hear.

Annette Curtis Klause

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