D. B. Sweeney Quotes
If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me.
D. B. Sweeney
Quotes to Explore
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
Madeleine Albright
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
Harriet Tubman
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
Felicia Day
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
Karl Lehmann
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The best thing we can do to help small-business owners succeed is cut spending.
Sam Graves
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
Walter Becker
China Crisis
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There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical.
Randy Pausch
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When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
Hale White
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I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
Gay Talese
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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
Kate Morton
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If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me.
D. B. Sweeney