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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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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A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.
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Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.
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Time really has gone by fast. I don’t know if your path is pre-written or what, but it’s crazy how one thing just leads to another.
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We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.
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It's really one-stop shopping for the music fan.
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A politician should not be written off till he or she is cremated.
