Ursula Burns Quotes

Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.

Ursula Burns

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When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.

Jessie J

FutureChildrenAmazingMeThinking

The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.

John Burroughs

MotherQueenBeeLooksAuthority

The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.

John B. S. Haldane

BusinessDesireRunNationSingle

In the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

LoveConfidenceMorningEyesMyself

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

Robert Walpole

LifeMy LifeLibertyWillMotion

Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.

Mary Daly

WorkExperienceReligiousMany

The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context.

Mary Pilon

TimePeopleFallInevitableRome

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!

Judy Blume

IdeasBadCreateWillSeePlot

Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.

Jonathan Anderson

WorkHomeWalkParisLondonAlways

I encourage interoffice romance.

Chelsea Handler

RomanceEncourage

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

Christiane Amanpour

PeopleWinBad PeopleBadWillThen

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

FutureDestinyChanceChoiceMatter

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