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  • Adlai Stevenson II The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Ken Blanchard The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
    Ken Blanchard
    American writer
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  • Robert Collier The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • George Bernard Shaw The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it 'CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL'; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Gloria Steinem The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Benjamin Cohen The first profile piece on myself came about after my Rabbi sent information to the Jewish Chronicle on what I was up to. The story was then picked up by one of the nationals and things grew from there.
    Benjamin Cohen
    American economist (1937 - )
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  • Robert Hayden The first proof of a person's incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.
    Robert Hayden
    American poet, essayist, and educator (1913 - 1980)
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  • Winston Churchill The first quality that is needed is audacity.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Andre Maurois The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
    Andre Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • John Major The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • Stanislaw Jerzy Lec The first requisite for immortality is death.
    Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
    Polish writer (1909 - 1966)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Max De Pree The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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  • Mikhail Bakunin The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Russian politicial theorist (1814 - 1876)
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  • Bernard Mandeville The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.
    The Fable of the Bees An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, p. 33
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Bill Gates The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
    The Road Ahead
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Anthea Turner The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.
    Anthea Turner
    English television presenter (1960 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bobby Keys The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio.
    Bobby Keys
    American saxophonist (1943 - 2014)
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