Charles Michael Davis Quotes
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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The fact I even get an opportunity to make one album is crazy. But if all goes to plan, I'll get to make five albums. That'd be nice.
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I find vacuuming very therapeutic, but I hate ironing. I usually have no shirt on while ironing, because I'm ironing it, and I end up burning my chest.
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Maybe guys also have insecurities, but in a sporting arena, they keep it to themselves. I can't do that.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan.
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'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media.
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That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.
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I love Sunday-morning drives. I'll be up at 6 A.M., get a cup of coffee, and head out.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
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I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.
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I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.
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A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.
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Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.
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If you give a man a fish, he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish, you do him a good turn.
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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For me, I always admire anyone that's entrepreneurs or inventors.
