Charles Handy Quotes
I believe that a lot of our striving after the symbols and levers of success is due to a basic insecurity, a need to prove ourselves. That done, grown up at last, we are free to stop pretending.Charles Handy
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
Edgar Wright -
If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
To be is to do.
Immanuel Kant -
I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
Ramez Naam -
I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
Patricia Millett -
I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
Dambisa Moyo
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
Carl Forti -
Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
Parker Palmer -
'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
Foster Friess -
Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
Dalai Lama -
Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
H. L. Mencken -
Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
Ted Yoho
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I don't mind a bikini bottom.
Kate Moss -
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Abba Eban -
There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
Patrick Duffy -
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
A. Philip Randolph -
We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
Larry Dixon -
The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
Federica Mogherini
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
Is it me? Is it like I have a beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?
Lisa Kudrow -
There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.
Barack Obama -
What you believe is powerful. If you can change what you believe, you can change your life!
Joseph Prince -
I believe that a lot of our striving after the symbols and levers of success is due to a basic insecurity, a need to prove ourselves. That done, grown up at last, we are free to stop pretending.
Charles Handy