William H. McRaven Quotes
Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority.William H. McRaven
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
Garth Brooks -
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
e. e. cummings -
There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
Nana Mouskouri -
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Edgar Allan Poe -
Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
Zaha Hadid -
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
Ziggy Marley -
Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.
Abagail Johnson -
I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
Tamron Hall -
Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
Ibrahim Hooper -
That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
Damien Hirst
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Embrace your weirdness!
Cara Delevingne -
Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
Ram Charan -
So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.
Barbara Hershey -
Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
Randall Munroe -
Music is like the soul of the planet.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff.
Sammy Hagar Van Halen
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Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it.
Hank Ballard -
The quicker you get acclimated to getting hit and being on the ground, it's better for you when the games start.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
Let youth cherish sleep, the happiest of earthly boons, while yet it is at its command; for there cometh the day to all when "neither the voice of the lute nor the birds" shall bring back the sweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -
One hopes that they'll never be able to use mind control weapons, because we're all done for if that happens. I don't want military people, or political people, to have that type of power over those of us who just get by from day to day.
Joe Haldeman -
I went into the military because I didn't get a scholarship, a basketball scholarship I thought that I would get.
Carl Hart -
Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority.
William H. McRaven