Alan Mulally Quotes
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
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The writer Richard Curtis is a genius.
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When I was 13 or 14, I took this speed-reading course. A lot of the things you do in speed reading you shouldn't do to a good author, but I've been reading really fast ever since.
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The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.
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The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations.
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Having one national standard for mpg and CO2 is extremely important.
