You don't know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.
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You don't know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.
Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.
People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.
I think older women still have a full life.
African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens.
Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.
Our life is full of empty space.
I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.
Fortunately, the world is full of people with information compulsion who want to tell you their stories. They want to tell you things that you don't know. They're some of the greatest allies that any writer has.
You need a community to succeed. In the back of every book is an acknowledgments page full of all the people it took to get that writer to the book you're holding.
Our friend, Timothy J. Russert, was a man who awoke every morning as if he had just won the lottery the day before. He was determined to take full advantage of his good fortune that he couldn't quite believe and share it with everyone around him.
I think if you look back through time, the history of income, wealth and taxation is full of surprise. So I am not terribly impressed by those who know in advance what will or will not happen.
There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies.
The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school's steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn't have been more different from them. She was one of the most loving people I had ever known.
The world of art, I have suggested, is full of fakes. Fake originality, fake emotion and the fake expertise of the critics - these are all around us and in such abundance that we hardly know where to look for the real thing. Or perhaps there is no real thing?
If some baboons just happen to be good at seeing water holes as half full instead of half empty... we should be able to as well.
Anybody who's ever been in a large organization realizes that 'optimizing' is not a word that would often be used to describe any large organization. The reason is that it's full of people, who are complicated.
Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.
Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.
If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us but whether they are good, full stop.
Women can achieve power and purpose in whatever profession they pursue, position they hold or whether they are caring for their children full time.
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