Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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I'm a huge Spike Lee fan. I saw 'Do The Right Thing' twice in the same night when it first came out and had long conversations with all my friends about the issues in it.

Joe Cornish

Do The Right ThingNightFriendsLong

Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

Joel Osteen

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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

Maurice Baring

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I want to be the first Pakistani, like some of our counterparts in India, to really go out and show that we Pakistanis can even be successful outside Pakistan.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

IndiaGoWantFirstOutsideOut

I'm really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it's really fun to do animation. Those animation talents are hysterical. They're so good, and they're so amazingly quick on their feet.

Amy Hill

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Until we know how many women own businesses, we may under-invest in them as entrepreneurs and economic drivers.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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When I started running, the pain barrier was very familiar to me, and I had no problem pushing beyond the pain. When for your whole life, every single workout, you are programmed to push beyond belief, it's really hard to just turn that off and kind of just be a social competitor.

Summer Sanders

LifePainMePushProblemYou

If you want to be an actress or an astronaut or a doctor or anything in between, I just want to let kids know - and especially kids that look like me know - that you can do it. Even though you're not seen, you can make yourself seen.

Storm Reid

YourselfMeYou Can Do ItDoctorYou

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Simone Weil

GreatRealitySomeoneIllusionsOnly

It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.

Matt Bomer

GreatYouPlayRareGetRole

We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.

Jasmine Guy

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Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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