Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

We have built cities, developed industry and cultivated agriculture - we have transformed the State of Israel into an example and symbol for many other countries in the world. ”

R Stevie Moore was obviously a huge influence and is still a very big influence in my life. ”

I couldn't imagine what it's like to be a journalist talking about music. You're left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across. ”

I can tell you with authority that when I'm exhausted, when I'm running on empty, I'm the worst version of myself. ”

No one's telling Tarantino what to do. You might like it or you might not like it, but the reality is he's getting his own vision out there. ”

In politics, your opponent can be far more important than your vision. ”

When I get serious criticism - if I get serious criticism - it's about how I'm thinking and engaging in a topic. I can't think of an example of someone saying, 'You're too nice.' ”

Sam Cooke had a huge influence on me. He left the gospel field at one point and went into the secular, and he had this huge hit, 'You Send Me.' Irma, my older sister, and I heard 'You Send Me' on the radio while we were driving through the South one night. We had to stop the car. We got out and danced around the car out on the highway. ”

In 1992, I was an official of the Angolan regime. I was appointed by that country to oversee the organization of the raw diamond market and responsible for the governmental authority that later controlled this market. ”

I sometimes forget that my vision of the world is not remotely anyone else's. ”