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Christopher Voss Quotes

The No. 1 rule in any negotiation is don't take yourself hostage. People do this to themselves all the time by being desperate for 'yes' or afraid of 'no,' so they don't ask for what they really want. Instead, they ask for what they can realistically get. I've heard many people say, 'Well, that's a non-starter, so we won't even bring it up.'

Christopher Voss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american

Topics

Time Yourself People Negotiation Say

In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us. The more I got to know them, and the more time I spent with them, the more I understood that this was a totally legitimate attitude to life, and why not?

Life Attitude Time People Ambition

Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall.

Life Art Writing Story Search Wall

I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I've written fiction, but I couldn't get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won't buy it.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Great Creative Advertising Person

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Failure Time Day Practice Better

I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television, compose songs, or write a Broadway play when you're 50.

You Television Play Write Old Years

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

I Am Doubt Place Write Difficult Am

It's taken a while, but I've finally grown up and got my head around the fact that the healthier the food you eat is and the more exercise you do, the lighter you'll be. It really is that simple.

Martine McCutcheon

Food Simple Exercise You More Eat

Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.

Music I Can Want Concrete Hold Idea

Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves.

Truth People Start Truth Is Thinking

With my kids, they're told 75 times a day that they're loved. One thing I know is they feel loved and secure and happy and needed and necessary and a part of something.

Day Happy Loved Feel Know Something

You don't have to have angst to be an artist, but it's grist to the mill. If you want to explore the whole emotional spectrum in your work, it helps to have experienced intense emotions.

Cornelia Parker

Work You Artist Emotions Want Whole

I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.

Beautiful Thought Glamorous Just Had

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