John C. Maxwell Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation and without limits would be very problematic.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fall to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to experience the joyful sense of rebirth that accompanies the successful transition into greater maturity.
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So civil society is the conscience of our countries. It’s the catalyst of change. It’s why strong nations don’t fear active citizens. Strong nations embrace and support and empower active citizens.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.
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The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
