Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.

Gretchen Rubin

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ValueDriveLetting GoFindGoKind

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

Michael Chiklis

MyselfI AmTeachListenTellBeing

Leading is not hypothetical debating; it's about solving real problems.

John Yarmuth

ProblemsRealLeadingHypothetical

When companies create ridiculous and demoralizing rules to halt the outlandish behavior of a few individuals, it's a management problem. There's no sense in alienating your entire workforce because you don't know how to manage performance. It makes a bad situation that much worse.

Travis Bradberry

PerformanceManagementBehaviorYou

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

Robert Duvall

LiveCharacterChallengeMeAction

Great novels are maps of complication, leading nowhere in particular, taking stances only provisionally and obliquely, happy to be tangled and to lack as many answers as the people they seek to depict.

Michelle Dean

GreatHappyPeopleAnswersNowhere

We struggle with the right words to describe the design process at Apple. But it is very much about designing and prototyping and making.

Jonathan Ive

StruggleWordsProcessDesignApple

When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.

Audrey Tautou

ChildhoodMeThoughtNothingNormal

I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.

William H. Macy

SayYesRewriteBasedScript

I started playing futsal in the favela because it was the closest pitch to where we lived. I think it was good for me, playing in a small space like that. You have to think and act quickly.

Philippe Coutinho

GoodSpaceMeSmallThinkYou

Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted. And then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it. And you can count on Apple doing that.

Tim Cook

LifeDoingYouAppleKnowCount

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.

Nicolas Malebranche

MindUnderstandingYouStopForget

As a Jew, even if you were not born in Poland, the very name, Poland, gives rise to a shuddering in your body and a longing in your heart. This country was the breeding ground for the soul of the Jewish nation, and unfortunately, also grounds to the largest Jewish cemetery.

Reuven Rivlin

HeartSoulNameYouBodyBorn

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