Quotes 5781 till 5800 of 5912.
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
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As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
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As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
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Beggar: One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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Bigot, one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
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But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.
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Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.
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Christian: One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
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Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Coward: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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