Douglas Conant Quotes

People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.

Douglas Conant

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I've done some awful auditions, and I've really done some horrible work, but it forced me to flex those muscles, and that's what makes you a better actor, just doing bad work and seeing what looks bad and growing from it.

Melanie Scrofano

WorkMeBetterDoingYouBad

I think I'm a very solitary person. To actually not be anonymous is a bit claustrophobic for me.

Ani DiFranco

MeThinkPersonAnonymousI Think

Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking.

Mike Royko

CookingRememberYouChoicePersonal

Sometimes you need to be shaken out of a situation.

Lisa Jewell

YouSituationSometimesNeedOut

I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival.

Jon Jones

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I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.

Diego Costa

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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

Donna Leon

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I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

Craig Ferguson

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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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I grew up and lived in a Britain in which strikes and the threat of strikes had become part of the social fabric - and it was not very nice.

Nigel Hamilton

NiceBecomeUpLivedSocialFabric

The Anthropologie brand continues to succeed in emotionally engaging its customers while delivering strong financial results.

Richard Hayne

SucceedStrongBrandFinancialWhile

Whenever Congress was in session, we were in Washington. So four months out of the year we were in Tennessee and the rest of the time in Arlington, which is where my mom grew up. Then, of course, in 1992 we moved into the vice president's house in D.C. I was 15 then.

Kristin Gore

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