Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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My grown man crush is Morris Chestnut. He's just timeless!
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When a voice behind me whispered low,'That fellow's got to swing.'
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If we will repeatedly suffer the humiliation of admitting that we really do not know what we're talking about, eventually we will.
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I resigned from my position as Ushahidi Executive Director and member of the Board in 2010. However, my role as a co-founder and my journey as a woman in the technology space means that I remain inextricably linked to Ushahidi, for better or worse.
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I was little impressed with this rough and ready way of persuading people to renew their contracts and decided that I was now quite free of any obligations.
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There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.
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We can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually. Anyone concerned with the well-being of others takes care of himself without even thinking about it. Even if we decide to remain selfish. let us be intelligently selfish - let us help others.
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The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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I'd got a part in the original cast of 'Cats' when I was 16, and that kept me going for a while. After that, I felt lost, both personally and professionally - I was trying to find a way not to be seen only as this bubbly, bright, vivacious person. It felt like I'd lost the freedom to make mistakes.
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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
