Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to … - Paul Polman

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every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.

Paul Polman

Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that same amount again — but in just the next 40 years if we are to feed our growing and hungry world.

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I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if we focus our company on improving the lives of the world's citizens and come up with genuine sustainable solutions, we are more in synch with consumers and society and ultimately this will result in good shareholder returns.

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We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

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If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.

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Leadership is not just about giving energy. . . it's unleashing other people's energy.

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The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.

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Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.

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I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that.

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Oh! to be a child again. My only treasures, bits of shell and stone and glass. To love nothing but maple sugar. To fear nothing but a big dog. To go to sleep without dreading the morrow. To wake up with a shout. Not to have seen a dead face. Not to dread a living one. To be able to believe.

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