Joseph Nye Quotes
Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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Did you know that, pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on Earth? It's true. Moose are very in tune with their natural surroundings.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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'Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind' was born out of my own journey of self-discovery within both my personal and professional life.
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I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.
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But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.
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Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.
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Our government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep – but we must keep the promises we’ve already made.
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On my way from school to home I heard a man saying 'I will kill you.' I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone.
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A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom - he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.
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Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.
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If a role demands in a good project, I wouldn't mind wearing a bikini.
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After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. 'Your advice,' said Cicero, 'were good if we were to fight jackdaws.'
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People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.
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Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.
