Paul Wolfowitz Quotes
...the importance of leadership and what it consists of: not lecturing and posturing and demanding, but demonstrating that your friends will be protected and taken care of, that your enemies will be punished, and that those who refuse to support you will regret having done so.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.
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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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Rather than support workers at home or investments in public schools, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support the Bush-era tax cuts for the very wealthy. They want to hand over our schools to private corporations.
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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
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If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.
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When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
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Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.
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I think of those who are so much less fortunate than me all the time. I came out to people clapping and an outpour of support. And the reality is, for a lot of people, they get kicked out of their homes or are faced with violence.
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I was the eldest daughter with these four beautiful younger sisters with ringlets and pretty faces, and I used to dress them up in Victorian clothes and take them out for the day and pretend they were mine.
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I never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is.
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There's no point apologizing about where you come from.
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...the importance of leadership and what it consists of: not lecturing and posturing and demanding, but demonstrating that your friends will be protected and taken care of, that your enemies will be punished, and that those who refuse to support you will regret having done so.
