Quotes 24741 till 24760 of 25371.
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You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? - By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for...
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You said, ''They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people.'' - ''What,'' I asked you, ''is harmless about a dreamer, and what,'' I asked you, ''is harmless about the love of the people? Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.''
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You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.
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You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.
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You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.
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You see things as they are and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
Source: Back To Methuselah (1921) -
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
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You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.
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You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success.
Source: Een wankel evenwicht (2010) 232 -
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.
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You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.
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You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.
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You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
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