H. G. Wells Quotes
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.H. G. Wells
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
Arthur Daniel Miller -
I usually say I left puberty at 58.
Ingmar Bergman -
You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson -
What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
Patrick Lencioni -
Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
Forest Whitaker -
I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
Babette March
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I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.
Natalie Portman -
What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
Nadia Comaneci -
If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
Gaby Hoffmann -
If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
Dan Phillips -
I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.
Taylor Swift -
Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
Immaculee Ilibagiza
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
Barry Ritholtz -
I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.
Malcolm McDowell -
I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
Pat Roberts -
I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
Zach Galifianakis -
You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built.
Adam D'Angelo
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Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your husbands, after I have set you free, you must bow down to it, and submit yourselves to the celestial law. You may go where you please, after two weeks from tomorrow; but, remember, that I will not hear any more of this whining.
Brigham Young -
Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Napoleon Hill -
How can we extinguish a fire if we don't first cut off the fuel that ignites the inferno?
Arun Manilal Gandhi -
Working at something you don't care about is the very best way to waste your life.
Brian Tracy -
People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
Malcolm Gladwell -
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.
H. G. Wells