Adam Grant
Related EDWARD SNOWDEN I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and... ERNEST GAINES The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too... EDDIE SLOVIK It's ridiculous. Part of being a citizen is paying taxes. PATRICK MCGURN LANCE GROSS RICK SANTORUM Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something - I don't know what it was to this day. My mi... VING RHAMES As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenev... BERNHARD SCHLINK I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living ... BRUCE COCKBURN My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to st... STEVEN ADAMS BILL BURR CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I don't know what I'd do if I was making a romantic comedy; I wouldn't feel like I was e... DANIELLE HARRIS My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '... NATALIE MARTINEZ DAVID CHANG I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have ... MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I am obligated and I will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the American government. I... EDUARDO SAVERIN LOIS GREENFIELD If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't hav... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I am less selfish. But I am more insistent on being part of the creative experience. I find I am a b... HELEN SLATER JESSE MCCARTNEY Since I moved to Blackpool, I've met a lot of great people, and if it wasn't for them, I wou... CHARLIE ADAM BILL GOLDBERG NICOLE POLIZZI I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ... NAOMI SCOTT If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it. FRANK GEHRY PARIS HILTON SHAKIRA If I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't have done it. If I had a million bucks in the bank, I ... CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN ERYKAH BADU My parents weren't very sporty, and football wasn't part of my everyday life. I was never a ... STANISLAS WAWRINKA My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I thro... DREW POMERANZ I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't ... JASON O'MARA I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly.... BARRY HANNAH The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people ... CHRIS O'DONNELL CATHERINE DENEUVE I wouldn't want to go back over my life. I've done it all. I wouldn't have wanted to mis... ART DONOVAN CHRISTIAN BALE JOSS WHEDON If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world i... PORTIA DE ROSSI My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting. ESA-PEKKA SALONEN BRIAN HELGELAND EMMA WATSON I always knew that I wanted to do voiceovers as part of my career. I just kind of didn't expect ... KARI WAHLGREN ELON MUSK BEN SAUNDERS If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility,... ALEX KARPOVSKY I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country. DICK GREGORY RICHARD ROGERS I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full resp... LOUIE ANDERSON GEORGE CLOONEY BABYFACE I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my sh... ALAN THICKE PALOMA FAITH My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I woul... TED LIGETY As a citizen, who one day might need a rescue, I would like to see it filled. PETER LACOUTURE PATRICK MACNEE I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you would... RIAAD MOOSA It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't... ANGUS KING You can't help but be in a good mood around Blake Shelton. I felt like I always knew him even th... COLE VOSBURY Almost every day, someone asks if I ever flat iron my hair. I say, 'No, because I'm afraid i... CARROT TOP I know throughout my childhood, there were many times I couldn't stand being a 'Jr.' I w... FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. NICHOLAS SPARKS I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ... NAOMI SCOTT CARA DELEVINGNE If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing. BILLY SHEEHAN ISAAC ASIMOV KELLEY ARMSTRONG STEVEN WRIGHT ELIE WIESEL DAVID OYELOWO LANA DEL REY NICOLE SCHERZINGER If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on... DANIEL BRYAN If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall... JULIAN SCHNABEL KIRK CAMERON I was stealing salt shakers again. Ten, sometimes twelve a night, shoving them up my sleeves, smuggl... PAUL NEILAN For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the fir... FRANK GEHRY Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all rig... CHRIS FARLEY The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't ha... SCOTTIE PIPPEN In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even us... BARRET OLIVER I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the ... HARRY TRIGUBOFF MAGGIE STIEFVATER STEVE JOBS Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a jetpack that wasn't a death trap? The problem is that it ... ASTRO TELLER RACHEL DRATCH DOROTHY HAMILL As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by vot... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR DEYTH BANGER DAKOTA JOHNSON Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I ... J. R. SMITH CHRISTINE MCVIE If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I'd ... TROY GARITY WERNER HERZOG Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou... LAURA WADE I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student l... CHRISTINE O'DONNELL SANDRA CISNEROS MICHELANGELO I'm voting like everyone else. This is a good day and this is a good feeling that I am living to see... ALAA SANAKRA
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ADAM M. GRANT Merely knowing that you are not the only resister makes it substantially easier to reject the crowd. ADAM M. GRANT The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers ADAM M. GRANT When our commitment is wavering, the best way to stay on track is to consider the progress we've alr... ADAM M. GRANT One participant got so angry after thinking about the insulting feedback that hitting the punching b... ADAM M. GRANT Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care ... ADAM Good people eat all their veggies and all the fruits, but they still have good grades. I call this, ... ADAM AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT AMY GRANT A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it'... 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