People are afraid and when people are afraid when their pie is shrinking they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears assuages anxiety.
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Lena Dunham – At my age no one is married no one h…
At my age no one is married no one has kids no one has a career.
Deepak Chopra – The intention to live as long as p…
The intention to live as long as possible isn’t one of the mind’s best intentions because quantity isn’t the same as quality.
Martha Beck – Allowing children to show their guil…
Allowing children to show their guilt show their grief show their anger takes the sting out of the situation.
Alice Cooper – They should invent some way to tape…
They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I’ve written songs in my dreams that were Beatles songs. Then I’d wake up and they’d be gone.
David Sedaris – It’s odd the things that people re…
It’s odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party certain it will stick in your mind forever. You’ll have a nice time then two years later you’ll be like ‘There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?’
Norman Cousins – People are never more insecure th…
People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.
Nathan Fillion – You have a dramatic portion of yo…
You have a dramatic portion of your television program and you treat it dramatically and then you have a comedic portion of your program and you treat it differently. Why do you change who are between the two pieces? You’re the same person. Just go.
Scott Adams – Remind people that profit is the dif…
Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
James Thurber – Old age is the most unexpected of …
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
Godfrey Reggio – So to hope to be able to have pea…
So to hope to be able to have peace to be able to have justice and environmental balance are consequences of our behavior not just our intentions.
Adlai E. Stevenson – Law is not a profession at al…
Law is not a profession at all but rather a business service station and repair shop.
Otto von Bismarck – An appeal to fear never finds …
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
David Foster Wallace – The problem is that once th…
The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed ‘then’ what do we do?
Jean de la Bruyere – At the beginning and at the e…
At the beginning and at the end of love the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Andrew Shue – Fear is that thing that keeps you up…
Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down and quite frankly alone.
Seth Godin – Being aware of your fear is smart. Ov…
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
Magic Johnson – I wanted to do two things when I w…
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over and that is what I am doing now.
Lynda Barry – I live in constant fear of being fir…
I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can’t control.
Jeanne Moreau – To me age is a number just a numbe…
To me age is a number just a number. Who cares?
Karl Von Clausewitz – Courage above all things is …
Courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior.
Chevy Chase – I was always the guy getting kicked …
I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.
Jerry B. Jenkins – Writers write. Dreamers talk ab…
Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.
Thomas Hardy – The value of old age depends upon t…
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others who are late to develop it just enables them to finish the job.