George Fernandes Quotes
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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I've still not written as well as I want to. I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, 'You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and I wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth.'
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Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.
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People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.
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No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy.
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The average politician was crooked. That was my ambition, to be a crooked politician. I'd see them in these restaurants, and they'd all hold these conferences. I'd see politicians who were supposed to be on opposite sides of issues all together at one table.
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I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.
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Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.
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The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who don't have easy access to official documents, who aren't able to buttonhole people in power.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
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The federal government began investigating allegations of fraud against the Coalition Provisional Authority, a U.S. contractor accused in a bid-rigging operation involving millions of dollars. Asked to comment, a spokesperson for Halliburton said, 'Millions? With an M? That is adorable.'
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A politician should not be written off till he or she is cremated.
