Adam Grant Quotes

I can't tell you that if you bring in a bunch of weird and different people, then a bunch of good things will happen. But I can tell you that if you hire a bunch of similar people and promote only the ones who are most similar, a bunch of bad things are likely to happen.

Adam Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 13, 1981

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GoodPeopleGood ThingsWeirdYou

I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field.

Jim Hunt

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I definitely know that I play the part, however big or small, in the deaths of at least two people, Chris Farley and Phil Hartmann.

Andy Dick

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When suffering from TBI and PTSD, it's difficult to find the motivation to seek help. I want society not to forget those that served this country.

Max Martini

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If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.

Maya Angelou

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I'm often at events when they're quite light-hearted social events when people would want me to kid around.

John Key

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I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.

Michael Chabon

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I've always liked wearing black. Hats with veils would suit me just fine.

Amy Gerstler

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I'd stay away from investments in a variety of sectors that are capital intensive. Anyone who says we need $100 million before we know if what we're doing makes sense and the customers want it - that's not going to work.

Steve Jurvetson

WorkDoingKnowWantNeedGoing

The young women waking up to feminism now already wake up to more consciousness than my generation had. Even just simple things like equal pay - before you went, in my generation, and asked for a raise, you went through nausea and your palms sweating.

Robin Morgan

WomenSimpleWake UpGenerationYou

It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what could happen to screw it up. It's hard for me to sit and look around, going, 'Ah, I'm really happy.' I'm not that kind of person.

Lisa Marie Presley

HappyMeBe HappyLookPersonKind

On the days I don't run, I do yoga and cross-training.

Christy Turlington

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I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

Alicia Keys

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