Les Brown Quotes
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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What's so fun when you shoot in a car is you get to research all the other road movies that have ever been done, and you try to figure out where do they place the cameras and how many shots can you get with your people in the car. So just doing the research on the films is so fun.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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Paperwork will ruin any military force.
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I was never the diplomatic diplomat.
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If you never did anything for your own freedom, you're not worth a human being in my view.
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My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort of changed all of our lives and moved us from, what we say, 'ashy to classy' in some aspects.
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Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way.
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Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
