"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it"

-- Marian Anderson

#Leadership Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Needs Quotes

“When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I just want a bit of reassurance - is everything all right?"”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.
“In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.”
“In Othello, Othello kills Desdemona, but no one reads that play as a model for their own behavior. In Lou Reed's case, you're listening to a song, and in my case you're reading about a life. Like Lou, I trust my audience to make their own moral determinations.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.”

Source : "Carter apologizes for comments saying he wanted Mets' job". Interview on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike" in the "Morning Show", www.espn.com. May 27, 2008.
“The whole life of instinct serves the one end of bringing about death.”
“I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there.”
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
“At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes.”

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