Richard N. Haass Quotes
You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.
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The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care … TCB Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me.
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More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.
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I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way.
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There are moments in history that people should be reminded of.
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The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.
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But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.
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I didn't always take myself that seriously. Image-wise, I was somewhat of a jokester.
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I've seen the impact of deportation in my district. It is heartbreaking to see families torn apart for no good reason.
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I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.
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Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.
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I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.
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I've always had these morals I've sort of put on myself: that excess is bad. I used to be into Buddhism and stuff. I was vegetarian. I was all about shutting things out.
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Down South, I never had to audition. They would call me up and give me a role.
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I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.
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It's nice to know there are some things in early 21st-century post-industrial culture that don't change very fast. I am one of those.
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'Looper' was so brilliant, and it took me forever to finally see it, but the way that movie ends and the message behind that is so selfless.
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Cherish the questions, for the answers keep changing.
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You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.
