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- Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive,…
- People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people
- Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
- Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.
- As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
- We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
- I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite far to the…
- Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
- Get mad, then get over it.
- You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
- Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
- If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down…
- In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a…
- It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How…
- When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq…
- Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and…
- It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse…
- If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
- Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
- Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
- It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the same time too - in the eyes of the American…
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy. — Lance Armstrong
- If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. — Lance Armstrong
- I still don't get golf. — Lance Armstrong