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Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I'd be the chief minister. Narendra Modi

Day Thought Before One Day Minister Never Became Chief

Appellate advocacy, particularly at the Supreme Court, is really intimate. I mean, you're just a few feet away from the Chief Justice. You know, if you're sweating, they see you. Neal Katyal

You Justice Few Intimate See Feet Know Particularly Supreme Supreme Court Court Advocacy Chief Chief Justice Just Mean Sweating Really Away

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway. Nigel Rees

Rain Sometimes Field Rugby Absolutely Said Pray Pray For His Chief Report Contribution Did Anyway Used Games Presence Played

By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company. Nikola Tesla

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As an economist specializing in the global economy, international trade and debt, I have spent most of my career helping others make big decisions - prime ministers, presidents and chief executives - and so I'm all too aware of the risks and dangers of poor choices in the public as well as the private sphere. Noreena Hertz

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In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study. Norman Lamm

Bible Says Study Judaism Talmud Commandment Commandments Chief

I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native grasses, or five migratory birds within walking distance of their homes, or name the soil series upon which their house sits. And I would contend that if you don't know where you are, you are in fact nowhere at all. Paul Hawken

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I got a call from a group saying they'd like to have a roundtable with the reserve next door, and would I help to set it up. I said, 'Sure, what's the name of the chief?' I asked, 'Do you know any members of the band council?' They didn't. Paul Martin

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Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record. Pete Rozelle

On some level, you could say you wouldn't have 'In Style Magazine' at all had Anna Wintour not decided to put celebrities on the cover of 'Vogue' from her earliest years as Editor in Chief. R. J. Cutler

You Style Say Magazine Some Vogue Could Had Put Anna Editor Cover Years Chief Celebrities Decided Her Level Earliest

I am a Tambrahm born and brought up in Jamshedpur 20 years of my life, as my father worked for the Tatas there. My mother was a chief manager in the Bank of India and the only lady manager in Bihar in those times. R. Madhavan

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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially. Ralph G. Neas

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Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. Rebecca Harding Davis

Money Devil Every His Chief Child Cradle Taught Agent Flesh

Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first. Richard Jefferson

People First Born Executives Were Chief Often Businessmen

I have to say that every white-collar criminal defense lawyer knows when the chief financial officer turns state's evidence, everyone in the executive suite is in a lot of trouble because the chief financial officer knows exactly where the money is coming and going. Richard Painter

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Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief. Richard Widmark

Work Car Big Side Would Would-Be Admiral Hail Come Ford His Accordion Chief Flags Used Each Assistant Playing Two

Eventually, I'd like to have some sort of role like a chief executive in a football club. Robert Green

Club Some Football Like Executive Sort Chief Chief Executive Role Eventually

In government, our chief executives have been lawyers. The great majority of our cabinets and congresses are and have been men trained in the law. They have provided the leadership and the statecraft and the store of strength when it was needed. Robert Kennedy

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We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.' Robert Teeter

More Hail Chief Little Need

My goal was always to get better roles, and in my case, performing on stage really led to great opportunities. My breakthrough came when I did Calder Willingham's 'End as a Man' on stage and was spotted by Max Arnow, who'd been the casting chief for Columbia. Robert Vaughn

'Commander in Chief' became a show not about why we should have a woman president but why we should not have a woman president. Rod Lurie

Woman President About Became Commander Woman President Chief Should Show Why

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