Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Quotes
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
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Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
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Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
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It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.
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Today, I think a CFO needs to be more of an operating CFO: someone who's using the financial data and the data of the company to help drive strategy, the allocation of capital, and the management of risks.
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To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
