Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have that one-on-one experience. Doing more TV now, when fans come up to me on the street and talk to me on social media, that's a way to bridge that gap.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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Due to the reliance on the old heavy industries in many parts of the country, it makes perfect sense that we need to spend more money per head of population on welfare support in Scotland.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role. I don't actually mind working out, but it's the diet: I'm half-French, so I love my food, and boiled chicken breast for breakfast is not my idea of a good meal.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
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Redeployment is a regular exercise undertaken after a review of the situation in the state. Last year we reduced troops voluntarily.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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Falling in love. Being in love. It's something I dream of, something I want to feel.
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Gender-based job restrictions tend to be associated with wider wage gaps and lower employment rates for women. And where girls' future earning potential is limited, families may choose to send their brothers to school instead.
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Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.
