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Ken Kesey: You don't lead...

Ken Kesey: You don't lead...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a...

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Robert Motherwell: It's not that...

Robert Motherwell: It's not that...

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then...

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Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and...

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The beauty of...

The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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Ralph Bunche: Hearts are the...

Ralph Bunche: Hearts are the...

Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

Source: In...

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Georges Jacques Danton: To conquer [our...

Georges Jacques Danton: To conquer [our...

To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be...

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The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time,...

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Barack Obama: We need to...

Barack Obama: We need to...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be...

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Barbara Bush: The winner of...

Barbara Bush: The winner of...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: The world owes...

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The world owes...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient...

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Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us...

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Just as dumb...

Just as dumb...

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a shred of...

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Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Georges Jacques Danton: Thou wilt show...

Georges Jacques Danton: Thou wilt show...

Thou wilt show my head to the people: it is worth showing.

Source: Said as he...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Dag Hammarskjold: The more faithfully...

Dag Hammarskjold: The more faithfully...

The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you hear what is sounding outside. And only he who...

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