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I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
Richard M. Nixon
Great
History
Change
Leader
Control
Situation
Think
Great Extent
Destiny
Running
Direction
Seldom
He
Step
Forces
Another
His
Very
Any
Extent
The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.
Richard P. Feynman
Judge
Try
Value
Judgment
Help Others
Others
Give
Direction
Idea
Leads
Particular
Another
Contribution
Just
Information
Your
Help
I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?
William S. Burroughs
Beautiful
Art
Words
World
Avenue
Madison
Madison Avenue
See
Direction
No Reason
Absolutely
Merge
Advertisement
Beautiful Words
Artistic
Move
Pop
Pop Art
Reason
Why
Images
I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.
Alfie Allen
Work
Work Hard
Lose
Punctual
Temper
Rather
Direction
Take
Most
Talk
Than
Listen
Hard
The power of a person derives not from the office he occupies but from a clear sense of direction and aspiration and from a willingness to struggle for his ways and beliefs.
Ariel Sharon
Struggle
Power
Sense
Ways
Willingness
Direction
He
Clear
Occupies
His
Office
Person
Aspiration
Derives
Beliefs
Here's the American situation - we have moved from a culture of independence to a culture of dependence. We have moved from capitalism into the direction of socialism. We have moved from being a beacon of strength internationally to a position of weakness.
Carlos Beruff
Strength
Capitalism
Culture
Socialism
Independence
Situation
Weakness
Beacon
Direction
American
Dependence
Moved
Being
Internationally
Here
Position
And you know, I'm so used to going 100 miles an hour in every direction and sleeping you know, two, three hours a night, and that's the way I live.
Criss Angel
You
Three
Live
Every
Sleeping
Way
Direction
Hour
Hours
Know
Going
Miles
Used
Night
Two
There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that.
Dave Navarro
Funny
Future
Experience
Tomorrow
Thought
Live
Negativity
Laugh
Would
Something
Direction
Head
Miss
Because
Felt
Been
Times
Going
Stop
Want
Then
Chance
Suicidal
The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction.
David Cohen
Best
Data
Direction
Mentors
Simply
Opinions
Present
I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.
Dennis Muren
Enough
Tell
Direction
Wrong
Wrong Direction
Done
Going
Early
The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.
Dido Armstrong
You
Blame
Sometimes
Older
Other
Significant
Significant Other
Direction
Drifting
More
Toward
Opposite
Opposite Direction
Get
Anybody
Realize
Your
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.
Douglas Conant
You
Trust
People
Inspire
Job
Energy
Extraordinary
Everyone
Aligned
Easier
Give
Direction
Gives
Excellence
Results
Deliver
Performance
Execute
Becomes
Enables
Permission
Go
Get
Commitments
Done
Them
Produce
Creating
Your
I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
Elvis Presley
Lost
Musical
Direction
Songs
Mass
Like
Mass Production
Most
Sure
Were
Same
Just
Movies
Hollywood
Production
Belt
Conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is. But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction.
Evan Spiegel
Soul
Our
Those
Ourselves
Direction
Allow
Powerful
Another
Makes
How
Times
Forget
Listen
Human
Happens
Conforming
Us
Naturally
Thing
Pulled
I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.
George Jean Nathan
Man
Worth
First
Salt
Think
Find
Direction
Himself
His
Foremost
Did
Any
Who
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.
George Washington
Me
You
Political
Path
Will
Direction
Observe
True
Piety
Am
Permit
Little
Plain
Require
Persuaded
You see, revolution sounds like something that happens, like turning on the light switch, but actually it's moving a large obstacle, and a lot of folks' efforts to push it in one direction or the other have to combine.
Gil Scott-Heron
You
Light
Revolution
Other
Folks
See
Something
Direction
Push
Combine
Obstacle
Like
Sounds
Lot
Efforts
Happens
Moving
Turning
Large
Switch
Actually
Each of you is a unique child of God. God knows you individually. He sends messages of encouragement, correction, and direction fitted to you and to your needs.
Henry B. Eyring
God
Needs
You
Encouragement
Correction
Direction
He
Individually
Messages
Knows
Fitted
Child
Sends
Your
Unique
Each
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
James Branch Cabell
Time
Important
Enough
Direction
More
Point
Footprints
Well
Make
Well Enough
Sure
Leave
Commendable
While
Sands
Even
The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.
Jerry Lewis
Life
Love
You
Better
Stronger
Beauty
Understanding
Direction
Given
Gives
Concerned
Makes
Been
As Far As
Far
There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.
John Eldredge
Good
Leadership
Men
Young
Good Men
Out
Direction
Boy
Lot
Offer
Just
Order
Young Men
Little
Them
Who
Need
I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. You can't blame it on the camera guy... It's you. You're on. You've got to do it, and you either sink or swim with what you've got.
Jonathan Winters
Love
You
Blame
Guy
Direction
Writers
Got
Camera
Sink
Improvisation
Either
Swim
Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Life
Future
Live
Consists
Direction
Individual
Individual Life
Toward
Operation
Because
Making
Doing
Inexorably
Itself
Done
Which
Forward
Each
Each Individual
Lives
Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974.
Jose Saramago
Natural
Political
Dictatorship
Beginning
Revolution
Active
Thinking
Way
Critical
Atmosphere
Adolescence
Direction
Marxism
Ideological
Up
Being
Influenced
Formation
Oriented
Resistance
As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.
Lewis Howes
Leadership
Business
Others
Responsibilities
Telling
About
Direction
More
Voice
Count
Investment
Make
Accept
Than
Owner
Just
Being
Business Owner
The biggest problem for badminton is wind direction and lighting. If those problems are not solved, it seriously impacts players' performances on the court. If a high-level player's performance is affected by these factors, they suffer setbacks and cannot be fully satisfied on the court.
Lin Dan
Problem
Problems
Seriously
Wind
Satisfied
Those
Solved
Impacts
Direction
Factors
Badminton
Lighting
Performance
Court
Affected
Biggest
Cannot
Biggest Problem
Fully
Suffer
Player
Players
Setbacks
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