Patrick Lencioni Quotes

Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.

Patrick Lencioni

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DecisionConflictOrganizationGoal

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced.

Jim Walsh

WarLongNationHeroesKnown

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.

Jesmyn Ward

WorkParentingWritingThinkParent

One of my biggest and most influential was 'The Golden Girls.' That show, I remember specific episodes.

Jessica St. Clair

RememberGoldenShowMostI Remember

History rewards those who can change their minds when the stakes are high.

Andy Dunn

ChangeHistoryMindsHighRewards

Very often, people are obsessed with what others think of them. It's like if a flower wants to be a cactus or a palm but it's not. A flower is a flower, and that's enough. That's all you have to do is be a flower.

Stjepan Hauser

FlowerPeopleThinkEnoughYouPalm

Whites often respond defensively when linked to other whites as a group or 'accused' of collectively benefiting from racism, because as individuals, each white person is 'different' from any other white person and expects to be seen as such.

Robin DiAngelo

RacismWhitePersonGroupRespond

To me, it's like, what's good for me is good for Cheap Trick... and what's good for Rick is good for Cheap Trick, and so on... and that's the thing.

Robin Zander

GoodMeCheapLikeTrickThing

I had a high school girlfriend whose mother gave us theater tickets, so I saw the second night performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' My girl and I could not get up during intermission, we were so stunned. To this day it's the only thing I've seen on stage that's 100 percent real and 100 percent poetic simultaneously.

Mike Nichols

MotherGirlDaySchoolNightDesire

Every book should have a romance.

Jasper Fforde

BookRomanceShouldEvery

The entire process of making a movie is sort of blind trust because, otherwise, all of it just doesn't make any sense: the fact that we can create any sense of reality or emotion given the arbitrariness of a day.

Brie Larson

TrustDayBlindProcessReality

The rare opportunity of writing music for a movie about the making of 'Mary Poppins' was impossible to ignore. The fact that it could provide emotional content in relief of the struggles that the Sherman brothers and Walt Disney endured was reason enough to take on the challenge.

Thomas Newman

MusicOpportunityChallengeWriting

Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer, and I played every day that summer. I probably would've kept playing, except I realized that girls don't watch golf; they watch tennis. So I let my golf game go dormant and started playing tennis.

Thomas Gibson

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