"Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination."

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Source : Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.392, John Wiley & Sons

Warren G. Bennis

#Leadership Quotes #Followers Quotes #Telling The Truth Quotes

“You look at the absolute scorn that gets poured on a fallen celebrity, whether it's Tom Cruise or Lindsay Lohan or Marlon Brando, or Elvis when he got fat. They're not allowed the dignity of ordinary failure. And I think that plays into people's notions about Los Angeles, too. It's not allowed to be a regular city with problems.”
“Id love to have another film to go on to. Im in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally Ill write one myself if I can summon up the energy.”
“...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.”

Source : David Eddings (2010). “King Of The Murgos: (Malloreon 2)”, p.36, Random House
“Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.”
“Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that isthe essence of ourbeing.None candefine its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.”
“I have a belief that if I wear my placenta in a necklace, there's a possibility of me gaining second sight - like being psychic. I would be wearing it whether or not I was in the public eye.”

Source : Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.
“I thought of the infinitely many points that can divide the space between two human hearts.”
“I'm a citizen of the republic of empathy.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2013). “The Fun Parts”, p.32, Granta Books

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