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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What we have really now is a one-state outcome in which Israel is the one and only state between the Jordan River and the sea. It can do whatever it wants virtually throughout the area. But that's not the kind of a state that's going to be a basis for peace and stability in the region.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
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When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
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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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I'm looking for a way out of here. I can't have it physically, so I'm going to have it intellectually. It was a beautiful thing to ride Seabiscuit in my imagination. And it's just fantastic to be there alongside Louie as he's breaking the NCAA mile record. People at these vigorous moments in their lives - it's my way of living vicariously.
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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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Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.
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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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Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a video out there that's getting us somewhere, are only limiting themselves, because they aren't keeping an open mind.
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If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.
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Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.
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If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.
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'She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,' cried the young Student; 'but in all my garden there is no red rose.'
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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.
