Driven Quotes - Page 14

• Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.

  Robert McKee

  Lonely, Character, Mean

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• I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.

  Simon Conway Morris

  Eye, Self Confidence, Firsts

  Simon Conway Morris (2003). “Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe”, p.314, Cambridge University Press

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• The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable method for predicting fertility levels a generation from now, to say nothing of a century hence.

  Nicholas Eberstadt

  Long, Population, Generations

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• I am at last reconciled to my God and have assurance of His pardon through faith in Christ, against which the very gates of hell cannot prevail. Fear hath been driven out by perfect love.

  John Randolph of Roanoke

  Perfect, Lasts, Hell

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• The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends.

  Robert J. Havighurst

  Light, People, Identity

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• Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?

  Paul J. Zak

  Competition, Selfishness, Life Is

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• Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance.

  Ben Cohen

  Lying, Military, Fighting

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• Well I'm always working on constantly everything. I never take the approach that I'm doing as well as I possibly can... I always think there's more and I think if you don't have that, you are not driven to be better.

  Kelly Slater

  Thinking, Surfing, Always Working

  "An Interview With Kelly Slater!". Intensity Magazine Interview, www.bodybuilding.com. July 29, 2004.

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• We will ultimately live in a perpetual data-driven talent edition. Everything you create will be measured and tracked by others through comments, share, and likes. Your work will come up on the radar of potential employers and clients, and the data will tell them if you are worth talking to or hiring.

  Scott Belsky

  Talking, Data, Likes

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• You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.

  Bobby Knight

  Up To You, Hell, Worthwhile

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• That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.

  Erich Fromm

  Life, Hate, Men

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• It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.

  Gordon Bethune

  Airline Business, Size, Aviation

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• Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done. The writer's only responsibility is to his art.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Art, Responsibility

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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• The key is to be true to your community's norms and values. You can't just force yourself on people and try to sell them something they don't want - that's good advice for marketers generally, but particularly on community-driven sites like MySpace. You have to find ways to add value to your members' lives while being consistent with your brand's identity.

  Chris DeWolfe

  Business, Keys, People

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• Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses by at least $4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine, presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Business, Loss

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• The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

  Confucius

  Responsibility, Men, Virtue

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of 'I can' than 'I should' Technologists love to cram maximum functionality into their products. That's 'I can' thinking, which is driven by peer competition and market forces But this approach ignores the far more important question of how the consumer will actually use the device focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can.

  John Maeda

  Thinking, Focus, Competition

  Manifesto by John Maeda, www.esquire.com. September 18, 2008.

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• Sanctified ignorance is the belief that if we love God and have committed our lives to Him, everything will work out…Sanctified ignorance is no excuse for a life out of alignment, lacking joy, fulfillment, and a clear sense of accomplishment…Look at how God has uniquely gifted you in your skills and abilities, personality traits, and values, dreams and passions. It is in these that we find the authentic path designed for us for a purpose-driven life.

  Dan Miller

  Dream, Passion, Ignorance

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• Lord, No one but you and I understands what faithfulness is. Do not let me die until, for them, all danger is driven away.

  Carmen Bernos de Gasztold

  Friendship, Dog, Religious

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• Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.

  Jan de Bont

  Strong Women, Mind, Needs

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• With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.

  Betsy Prioleau

  Strong Women, Independent, Conformity

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• Market-driven design builds the success of the product's marketing into the product itself.

  Seth Godin

  Design, Marketing, Products

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• I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.

  Kyle Shewfelt

  Fire, Focus, Burning

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• Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Stupid, Animal

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Motivational, Miserable

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