Ambrose Quotes
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Some of the craziest people I know, some of the coolest guys I know who party and go crazy and play rock shows and have tons of tattoos, they will still go to church on Sunday and do their best to live that kind of a life.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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I think I would have done very well as a writer in the Forties. I think the last time America was a great country was then or not long after. It was before Vietnam, before Watergate.
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If somebody asked for the first draft of something I'd written, it'd probably be pretty close to whatever got published. I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it. The more you work on something, certainly, the better it gets. But there's also a pretty clear law of diminishing returns.
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
