Eric Shinseki Quotes
You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader, you can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it. And without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
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I analyse in my own way, in very simple, no-jargon language. If somebody is talking in very complicated way, I never like that.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from, so don't edit yourself line by line. Don't get in your own way. Whatever is truly there at the core, that is your voice.
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I am a big Seth Rollins fan and have been for a long period of time.
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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.
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Offence is no longer defence - it's a full-time profession. Everyone is so offended all the time. The new police force that we weren't told about: the moral police. No qualifications, no training, no understanding of actual morality, but they have a degree in the art of being offended.
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Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
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We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion.
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As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
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It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.
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We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
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George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.
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You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader, you can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it. And without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.
