Arthur Wellesley Quotes
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If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.
Samuel Adams
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
A. S. Byatt
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
Ma Huateng
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
Immaculee Ilibagiza
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
Queen Victoria
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
Gary Hamel
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For many people in the music conservatory world, the message was always, Focus! 'You can't do everything; you really need to specialize.' And especially at an early age, I ignored this advice.
Bryce Dessner
The National
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Constant contact is what people require these days. It's tough on artists.
Emily Robison
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And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.
Phil Jackson
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My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
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When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
Arthur Wellesley