Adena Friedman Quotes

I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don't have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.

Adena Friedman

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To get people to pay for something that you built, it has to be of service. It has to make somebody's life better.

Jimmy Iovine

LifeServicePeopleBetterYouPay

Sometimes men tend to get a little shy, so if the woman wants to make the first move, go ahead!

Joanna Krupa

MenWomanGoSometimesAheadShy

I had a fifth grade teacher who, as a very small way of trying to contain my class clown energy, gave me 10 minutes at the end of class every Friday to present whatever I wanted. A lot of the time, I did an Andy Rooney impression. I would sit at her desk, empty it, and just comment on what was in there.

Andy Daly

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You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King, Jr., and not think of death. You might hear the words 'I have a dream,' but they will doubtlessly only serve to underscore an image of a simple motel balcony, a large man made small, a pool of blood. For as famous as he may have been in life, it is - and was - death that ultimately defined him.

Michael Eric Dyson

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When should a man stop wearing sports jerseys? When the buttons of his White Sox top finally pop, like rivets on a distressed ocean liner? When the pinstripes of his Yankees shirt have grown wider at the midsection than at the top, as the longitudinal lines on a globe?

Steve Rushin

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I don't think all the other wrestlers hear the same love from the fans that I do - they are extreme about it.

Rob Van Dam

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There has been a cultural shift. It is difficult to measure all that right now, but Chilean women have seen my presidency as a source of pride. Women are performing in jobs in Chile now that 20 or 30 years ago nobody would have dared to imagine.

Michelle Bachelet

WomenPrideMeasureNobodyNow

The scientist is also a composer... You could think of science as discovering one particular thing - a supernova or whatever. You could also think of it as discovering this whole new way of seeing the world.

Lisa Randall

ScienceWorldThinkYouSeeingNew

Everyone wants to share what he or she has learned with someone who really cares.

Douglas Coupland

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On a personal level, I send out about 20 thank-you notes a day to staffers, on all levels. And every six weeks I have lunch with a group of a dozen or so employees, to get their perspective on the business, to address problems and to get feedback.

Douglas Conant

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I know my body's limits. I've never enjoyed Spin classes, where they're like, 'Push it further!' I'm like, 'No. If I pull something, I can't work tomorrow.' That's why I gave up Bikram yoga.

Cobie Smulders

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A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

Branch Rickey

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