Thrive Quotes - Page 19

• A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.

  Michael Bay

  Directors, Pearls, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

  Ron Conway

  Safety, Innovation, World

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• You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

  Alive, Pants, Circumstances

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• The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

  Naima Adedapo

  Energy, Band, Crowds

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• When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.

  Richard Jenkins

  People, Tough, Argument

  "Interview: Richard Jenkins on First Lead Role in 'The Visitor,' 'Six Feet Under,' Coen Brothers". HollywoodChicago.com Interview, www.hollywoodchicago.com. June 24, 2008.

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• It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.

  Imogen Heap

  War, Needs, Sparks

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• Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

  Bill Keller

  Discipline, Movement, Deviation

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• While civilization is more than a high material living standard, it is nevertheless based on material abundance. It does not thrive on abject poverty or in an atmosphere of resignation and hopelessness. Therefore the end objectives of solar system exploration are social objectives in the sense that they relate to, or are dictated by, present and future human needs.

  Krafft Arnold Ehricke

  Space, Civilization, Atmosphere

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

  Jared Polis

  Government, Priorities, Promise

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• While sticks and stones break bones, words can never hurt? Manifestly untrue. Politics everywhere are holistic, interconnected, and the rhetoric of right or left can produce toxic atmospheres in which lunacy thrives.

  Phillip Adams

  Leadership, Hurt, Atmosphere

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• I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

  Jessica Seinfeld

  Children, School, Long

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• I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.

  Courtney Thorne Smith

  Wise, Smart, Yoga

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.

  Ken Salazar

  Party, Rivers, Water

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• Many souls thrive on the life force of others and you are lunch!

  Frederick Lenz

  Lunch, Soul, Force

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• If you thrive on the city energy it is necessary to leave the city frequently and to walk in parks, to get away from people. You are more sensitive than you realize. Find a spot that makes you happy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Nature, Buddhism, Cities

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• Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.

  Nicholas Stern

  Policy Making, Challenges, Democracy

  "The point of no return" by Nicholas Stern, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2009.

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• Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.

  Criss Jami

  True Love, Spiritual, Unconditional Love

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.121, Criss Jami

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• XL is dedicated to understanding shifting business dynamics and helping our clients thrive in increasingly complex and changing environments. 'The Future of the Company' platform will allow us to offer insights and commentary on these essential topics to a global and diverse audience and feature insights from XL experts.

  Mike McGavick

  Understanding, Essentials, Experts

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• I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

  William Mapother

  Thought Provoking, Stories, Sci Fi

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• I'm happy single, but I'm happy in both cases. I feel like I definitely thrive more as a human and I'm more successful when I'm single.

  Holly Madison

  Successful, Happy Single, Cases

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• The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They're not sending mom flowers on Mother's day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they're doing all of those things. And all of a sudden, not just business thrives, but small business thrives.

  Nick Hanauer

  Mom, Mother, Flower

  "'Shit's Gonna Hit the Fan': Talking to a Billionaire About Class War". Interview with Hamilton Nolan, gawker.com. June 16, 2015.

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• I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers. I'm hopeful that new business models will emerge that allow the newspaper culture to genuinely thrive in the digital age.

  Al Gore

  Years, Hopeful, Age

  Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. February 17, 2013.

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• I love competition. I thrive on it. I love being able to win the room over before even walking through the door.

  Kellan Lutz

  Winning, Love Is, Doors

  Interview with Mark Jacobs, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

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• Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch, Till the white-wing'd reapers come.

  Francis Bacon

  Wings, White, Dumb

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• The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.

  Thomas Moore

  Music, Garden, Soul

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