"The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves."

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Source : "Mashable's Pete Cashmore on Persistence". Interview with Teri Evans, www.entrepreneur.com. May 10, 2011.

Pete Cashmore

#Passion Quotes #People Quotes #Talent Quotes

“There's that area, right there, where you can be too hard on yourself or you need to be really hard on yourself - I'm trying to ride that line by telling myself that I can always write better, sing better, what can we do to make the show more interesting? Pretend that you're the guy who's been in the front row for the last five shows; what would make it new for you?”
“I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I've dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious social issues, and in hindsight my attempt at humor regarding a nation liberating themselves against oppression was poorly timed and absolutely inappropriate.”

Source : "Egypt protests". www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2011.
“Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.”
“Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.”

Source : Joseph Herman Hertz (1936). “Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis”
“Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.”
“People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.”
“We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.”
“I am an extremely private person. I always feel that I come across as a caricature of myself whenever I do interviews.”

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