John C. Maxwell Quotes
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
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To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous compared to the idea of building a hundred new nuclear facilities primarily on the sites we already have.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I can always go back to education.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.
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I have issues with anyone who tries to claim that science is unworkable - creationists who deny evidence for past history, yet are happy to benefit from the products of the methodology that they otherwise deny.
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I like everything in my room has to be in order. If there's a wrinkle in the comforter, I'm stretching it out. But this is only when it comes to my room. Outside of there, I'm not as intense.
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Much as soldiers come back, they've been in combat or the edge of it and suddenly that adjustment back to civilian life is a real challenge.
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We are fighting against Islamism, not Islam. Islamism is the will to impose Shariah for all as civil, political and religious law. … In reality, it's asking French people to increasingly submit themselves to the Muslim religion. That goes totally against the secular principles of the French republic.
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People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
