"This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts."

-- Adam Grant

#Zero Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Successful Quotes

“If we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been?”
“People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.”
“I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.”
“Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.”
“I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.”

Source : "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.
“I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.”
“I'm curious about the extremes of the world”
“Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.”

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