Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious.
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I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.
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Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray.
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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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Jimmy and I have stayed friends for 37 years. I speak to him at least twice a day. He is the most remarkable person.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Stress isn't caused by bad times, but by working where you feel your talents are being underappreciated.
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Every novel is a biography. Well, then, this is a novel [The Paper Men] which is a biography that is pretending to be an autobiography. That's what you could say about it.
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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
