John C. Maxwell Quotes
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
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I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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People take things so seriously.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
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I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.
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You might as well acknowledge what came before, because you can never do something wholly new. It's not unoriginal to make your references clear.
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It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
