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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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I think most of my life I have not felt recognized.
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Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
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Paradoxically, I think working at an Internet magazine intensifies the attraction of beautiful printed objects.
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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.
