Nancy Dubuc Quotes

In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk taking is essential for success. No one said it was easy.

Nancy Dubuc

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SuccessBusinessWaterCreativeYou

Not to get too maudlin, but I think all mistakes are tests for one's mettle.

Michael Finkel

MistakesThinkTestsGetI Think

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Amy Vanderbilt

GoodFeelMannersEmotionsTrue

I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

John Schneider

WorkGoodHusbandFairQuiteBit

By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration but our reconsideration.

Amor Towles

NatureDeserveHumanComplexOnly

Speaking fluent English - like doing long division or successfully rewiring a 220-volt electrical outlet - is not a skill you're born with. It's something you learn, occasionally even by opening some old dictionary.

Tucker Carlson

LearnDoingLongYouBornSkill

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

Rupert Friend

ChangePeopleVoiceYouStreetSort

I believe in the potential of all things possibly imagined that can be made into a reality. My uncle was a Swedish scientist, and in the 1970s, he would speak of computers controlling most things in the future and self-driving cars and wireless communication. All the things that we are living with now.

Dean Haglund

CommunicationFutureBelieveSpeak

When you're doing something you're truly passionate about, there is no plan B.

Chris Gardner

DoingPlanYouPassionateSomething

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Brett Hull

TimeMeTeamHockeyPlayGo

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.

Peter Drucker

TogetherManagementWayPossibleOut

I look at what the polls say about attributes. I noticed in 2004 that George W. Bush led John Kerry by double digits for eight straight months on the question of who is more likely to take a position and stick with it.

Kellyanne Conway

LookSayMoreQuestionDoubleTake

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

Juvenal

SonRespectChildMindIgnoreYou

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