John C. Maxwell Quotes
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.John C. Maxwell
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I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.
Pat Burns -
I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
Cameron Mackintosh -
In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
Oleg Cassini -
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
Campbell Scott -
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
Maggie Grace -
The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
Walter Pater
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
Salman Rushdie -
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
Irving Babbitt -
I'll try anything once.
Yancy Butler -
In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do.
Karen Armstrong -
If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
Caleb Cushing -
And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember talking to people in maybe 1975 who saw Hendrix but couldn't remember it. I was like, 'How could that be?'
Ian MacKaye
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It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.
Olivia Wilde -
I just want to make sure that I'm taking roles that are positive, real, honest reflections of African-Americans because I do think the media can put African-American women in the background. Then, unfortunately, what happens is, subconsciously, our culture begins to assess that as reality.
Kat Graham -
I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.
Babette March -
Example is always more efficacious than precept.
Samuel Johnson -
The more defensive a society, the more conformist.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
No education is ever wasted and everything you learn is helpful in acting.
Irene Dunne
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I span the entire geek spectrum.
Joe Abercrombie -
My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.
Ted Dekker -
I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me".
Oprah Winfrey -
As you get older you also start to lose your anger a bit.
Nick Damici -
I believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.
Jason Kander -
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
John C. Maxwell