"I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical."

-- Daniel H. Pink

#Leadership Quotes #Motivation Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.”
“Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!”
“Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.”
“I enjoy the creative side of the business side of being a restaurateur. That's my thing. The thing I'm constantly thinking about is, how do you create new, interesting situations that keep people coming back?”

Source : "Celebrity Chef Restaurants: The Rise Of The Emperor-Chefs" by Joe Satran, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.
“I'm a big fan of Alan J. Pakula's films like 'All the President's Men', 'The Parallax View,' and 'Klute.' I'm a big fan of those movies.”
“Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
“I'll keep battling for that No. 1 spot.”
“To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it...to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.”

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