Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

Gretchen Rubin

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LonelinessPeopleMindLonelyYou

Docudrama is not really my game, but it's interesting to play real people; it's interesting to play 'real.'

Melissa Leo

PeopleGameInterestingPlayReal

Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage.

Mem Fox

LifeChildCareWeekYearYoung

I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.

John Mackey

LeadershipIntelligencePeopleThink

I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but it's wrong. In five and a half years in politics up north, no one really bothered to criticize my ideas, such as they were. It was never my message that was the issue. It was always the messenger.

Michael Ignatieff

GoodFaithPoliticsIdeasThinking

It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.

Michael Arad

ResponsibilityNew YorkPeopleCity

I'm an athlete, yes, but I'm also a woman. I'm someone who kind of, in a way, lost touch with that part of myself after I lost my legs, because there are certain feminine traits you lose when you have prosthetic legs.

Amy Purdy

MyselfWomanSomeoneYouLoseLost

I'm afraid of the dark, but I choose to sleep in the dark. I can fall right to sleep with the lights on. But I want to be someone who can sleep in the dark, so that's the choice that I make.

Amanda Lindhout

SleepSomeoneChooseFallChoice

I love working in television and in comedy, so whenever there's an opportunity to work on a TV sitcom, I'm like, 'Yes please!'

Amber Stevens

WorkLoveOpportunityComedyYesTV

When the book is over, I think of innovative marketing ways to reach to a larger audience. I think wine and cheese book launch parties are a waste.

Amish Tripathi

BookThinkWineReachCheeseOver

I'm going to get an MRI to find out whether I have claustrophobia.

Steven Wright

FindOutGoingGetWhether

Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go anywhere, you don't have to go for the result.

Robert Duvall

PeopleStartThinkEndResultYou

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO.

Michael Porter

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