Ricardo Semler Quotes
Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
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If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running.
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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I just want to compete and do what I love.
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I grew up doing a lot of traveling. My mom left home when she was 15 and traveled to 48 different countries and speaks six different languages. So I grew up with my eyes open. She raised me so that if my heart says something is wrong, I have to go help. What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong.
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All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.
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I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.
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The poetry of the earth is never dead.
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The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
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In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.
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Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China, and they're big, and they're more concerning. But the best global companies are ones that are nuanced.
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I am an artist, and I understand the pros and cons of being an artist, and the pressures of being an artist, and how much being an artist can be torture to people around you; you know, you friends and your family and how material you can be, and how it's hard to take criticism and all the things like that.
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Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.
