"We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be known for. At the core of this is the simple but fragile heart - our integrity - which is always under challenge, under tests both trivial and profound every day of our lives."

-- Peter Cosgrove

#Leadership Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Heart Quotes

“I try to aim high and put myself in positions where I'm the least experienced person.”
“I've lived so little that I tend to imagine I'm not going to die; it seems improbable that human existence can be reduced to so little; one imagines, in spite of oneself, that sooner or later something is bound to happen. A big mistake. A life can just as well be both empty and short. The days slip by indifferently, leaving neither trace nor memory; and then all of a sudden they stop.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2011). “Whatever: A Novel”, p.46, Profile Books
“Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers”
“Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.”
“So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song.”
“The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a masterful job of connecting with minds, personalizing messages, refining old and new media, sending clear messages, and providing the feedback that enabled them to respond to the messages they heard.”
“The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.”
“I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.”

Source : "René Redzepi: the outsider" by Sabine Durrant, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2010.

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