Daniel H. Pink Quotes

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non-sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

Daniel H. Pink

Recitation: by Male by Female

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SuccessBestTalentYouSelling

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

Jennifer Capriati

ExperienceLongImportantTopOut

We live in a fearful society that has perfected the art of doubting, weaned us on worry, and trained us to focus on everything that can or has gone wrong.

Jen Sincero

LiveArtFocusSocietyWorryWrong

I think every journalist understands when they are the beneficiary of hot information that, yes, they have a scoop, but they're also being used. Part of your responsibility as a journalist is to tell the story of why that information is coming to you, consistent with the ground rules of your sourcing.

John Hockenberry

ResponsibilityStoryThinkYouRules

You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.

John Lydon

LifeGriefPastMomentsYouPen

Science fiction is something I never understood.

John Waters

ScienceNeverScience FictionFiction

I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and soon after the Olympic trials, Johann Olav Koss, who is a Norwegian speed-skater, called me up and asked me to be a part of Olympic Aid. Now Olympic Aid is Right to Play. It's a wonderful, narrow focus.

Summer Sanders

FocusMeTeamComebackPlayTrials

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

Robin Williams

WorkGreatSchoolMeYouActing

You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames.

Robert Wise

PeopleStartThinkYouI CanKnow

I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.

Mary Beard

PowerKitchenBlackRememberAngela

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

AgeMemoryMindInjuriesStronger

Bill Clinton presided over the largest increase in federal and state prison inmates of any president in American history.

Michelle Alexander

HistoryPrisonAmericanPresident

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

Moliere

FriendTruthMeRestWantTell

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