Gillian Tans Quotes

If you run a global business, it's so important that you understand what happens in each place, and you can't do that remotely. I don't want to go anywhere and leave and not have seen the people who work for us. That doesn't feel good.

Gillian Tans

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WorkGoodBusinessPeopleFeel Good

From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.

Andrea Hirata

ChildrenBuildingSpeedI CanRight

Canada is the only country in the West that hasn't given in to the rhetoric of fear. The dominant rhetoric is a line of inclusion.

John Ralston Saul

FearCountryInclusionCanadaLine

Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don't take days off as long as I'm working on something that's supposed to be all in the same mood.

Robert Caro

WorkFootballLongMoodSameDays

The players must be at the centre of their industry.

Rob Andrew

IndustryMustPlayersCentre

I have done so many stupid commercials and terrible other little projects that never went anywhere and just ended up being terrible.

Rob Huebel

StupidDoneNeverUpLittleJust

I'd always keep going back to the acting. Once the rent was paid, and the phone bill, the next money you had was for acting classes.

Dennis Christopher

MoneyKeep GoingYouPhoneActing

I find it so hard to make films about my own region, but it could happen.

Debra Granik

FindMy OwnHardHappenOwnMake

Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life.

Alice Cooper

LifeChangeFunMy LifeMoviesRock

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

WorkDeathAchieveWantDying

When I tell stories about Iraq, the ones people react to are always the stories of violence. This is strange for me.

Phil Klay

PeopleMeViolenceStrangeReact

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

Sharon Olds

BeautifulFeelMoreGetAlmost

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Thomas Szasz

CourageIntelligenceThinkingClear

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