Lynne Doughtie Quotes

Innovation demands risk-taking - which, in turn, entails redefining failure, stripping away its power to inhibit.

Lynne Doughtie

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FailureInnovationPowerTurnAway

You have to prepare yourself physically as much as possible for a bad wipeout.

Joel Parkinson

YourselfYouBadPossiblePrepare

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

Matthew Arnold

DeathMeFriendsGoAirRoom

Be honest: if your pitch is 90 minutes and you only have 60 set aside for a business lunch or a cup of coffee, there is no way that you can give an honest representation of your company or products. You're lying to yourself and wasting your own time as well as that of your prospect or partner.

Michael Gerber

BusinessTimeCoffeeYourselfLunch

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.

Michael Bacon

I AmBrainProcessGoSongwriting

If I get dressed up, and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous,' I kinda feel funny. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive.

Toni Collette

FunnyFeelYouLookDressedKnow

My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.

Ron Perlman

Self-ConfidenceAppearanceThingsDid

I made the choice to go into the world of underground poker.

Molly Bloom

WorldChoiceGoPokerMade

I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I've been in my whole life.

Don McLean

LifeFunSailMeWorldDirection

Prebiotic chemistry on other worlds is going to be common. Plenty of small rocky planets will have similar chemistry. It's almost a given.

Debra Fischer

SmallWillChemistryGoingCommon

Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn't have to act out somebody else's words. I could just stand there with a microphone, and nobody would interrupt me. It's the most narcissistic thing you could probably do.

Chelsea Handler

WordsMeWorldStandYouNobody

I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected.

Coretta Scott King

PastFeelAmericaSomethingI Feel

I know people are fickle.

William Hague

PeopleKnowFickle

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