Tavis Smiley Quotes

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?

Tavis Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 13, 1964

Topics

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The whole future, I think, of Wyoming and the economy has to do with coal and our clean coal technology, and we're going to have the ability here in Wyoming to deal with all of the things of this so-called climate change.

John Barrasso

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I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

Jeremy London

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Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you see much more of a propensity to be involved in philanthropy.

Jeffrey Skoll

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I don't know what I'd do if I had to look pretty all the time.

Shirley Henderson

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The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

Tony Abbott

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Even at the age of 12, I knew I had to become a bodybuilder. I don't know why or how, but I just knew.

Ronnie Coleman

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Unless you work in HR, it's not your responsibility to necessarily police and monitor workplace conversation.

Judy Smith

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The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

Desmond Morris

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Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center.

Donna Shalala

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I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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Books always help.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Anders Thomas Jensen and I had talked about making a movie which addressed the cancer issue, and we didn't want to make it heavy-handed. We wanted to do something which had a lot of hope in it. And then for some reason we came up with a romantic comedy.

Susanne Bier

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