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  • Huey Newton Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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  • Stephen R. Covey Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Vince Lombardi Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Alexander Haig Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
    Alexander Haig
    American politician (1924 - 2010)
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  • Benjamin Banneker Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
    Benjamin Banneker
    African-American almanac author, and surveyor (0 - 1806)
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  • Mary Kay Ash Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
    Mary Kay Ash
    American businesswoman (1918 - 2001)
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  • Bayard Taylor Primrose-eyes each morning ope In their cool, deep beds of grass; Violets make the air that pass Tell-tales of their fragrant slope.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Irving Layton Progress of a marriage: ''There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.''
    Irving Layton
    Canadian poet (1912 - 2006)
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  • Charles Simmons Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
    Charles Simmons
    American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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  • Jonathan Swift Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Samuel Johnson Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bruno Bettelheim Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
    Bruno Bettelheim
    Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author (1903 - 1990)
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  • Brad Feld Q1 is the easiest quarter to make. If you miss your Q1, regardless of the type of revenue you have, you aren't going to make your revenue plan for the year because your budget process isn't accurate.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Abraham Lincoln Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Sir Thomas Malory Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.
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  • Ruth Benedict Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.
    Ruth Benedict
    American anthropologist and folklorist (1887 - 1948)
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  • Toni Morrison Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Bill Richardson Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Anthea Turner Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.
    Anthea Turner
    English television presenter (1960 - )
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  • Ludwig van Beethoven Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    German composer (1770 - 1827)
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