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Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
Ron Fournier
History
Political
President
Leaders
Reach
Beyond
Particularly
Political Leaders
Very
Expectations
American
Hollywood
Appealing
Washington
Desire
Raising
Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.
Ron Fournier
Me
You
People
Only
Dave
Onto
Thrust
Leaders
Like
Smith
Ultimate
Greatness
Goes
Just
Decent
Decent People
Movies
Washington
Portray
You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver.
Ron Fournier
Faith
Home
You
Dangerous
Political
Politicians
Has-Been
See
Steep
Deliver
Fail
Leaders
Almost
Heads
Voters
Institutions
Because
Been
Political Institutions
Decades
Public
Decline
Elected
Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching.
Ron Fournier
Day
Events
Political
Election
Earned
Spend
Rarely
Leaders
Taking
Advantage
Taking Advantage
Wisely
Without
Political Capital
Won
Mandates
After
Capital
Inauguration
Who
Night
Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.
Ron Fournier
Party
Tea
Tried
Leaders
Like
Tame
Cowboy
While
Republican
Victories
Tea Party
Riding
In Israel's short history, army commanders and the heads of the intelligence agencies have often advocated the use of force and in many cases showed contempt for the law and human rights. Political leaders have typically been more measured.
Ronen Bergman
History
Rights
Army
Intelligence
Law
Political
Human Rights
Cases
More
Leaders
Heads
Contempt
Force
Israel
Been
Political Leaders
Intelligence Agencies
Often
Human
Short
Agencies
Use
Measured
Many
The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.
Rosa Luxemburg
Reality
Own
Leaders
Development
Masses
Process
Creating
Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
People
Seen
Before
Out
Must
About
Something
Never
Excited
Leaders
Does
Inertia
Exist
Wake
Get
Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I began. Together, we are spreading the word that mental health affects all of us and deserves our support and attention.
Rosalynn Carter
Health
Together
Women
Mental Health
Word
Politicians
Community
Our
About
Mental
Something
Struggles
Open
Leaders
Support
Almost
Attention
Spreading
Affects
Began
Celebrities
Unheard
Us
Businessmen
Many
Illnesses
Now
Deserves
Chefs have always been leaders, but now, because of social media and the evolution of the chef identity, we have a voice that expands beyond cooking.
Roy Choi
Cooking
Social Media
Evolution
Voice
Leaders
Beyond
Identity
Because
Chef
Chefs
Always
Been
Social
Media
Now
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.
Rudy Giuliani
Vision
Leaders
Beyond
Optimists
Present
Need
Our problem with Israel is that its leaders always talk about war and security but never about peace.
Saad Hariri
War
Peace
Problem
Our
Security
About
Never
Leaders
Talk
Always
Israel
The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.
Safak Pavey
Debate
Important
Leaders
Attitudes
Because
Discourse
West
Influence
Public
Turkey
When the people gave them the mandate to govern in 2008, these UDP leaders had one thing in mind: They run things. They forgot all their lofty promises to the people. They set out to crush the PUP and to erase all the accomplishments of the PUP years in government.
Said Musa
Government
People
Mind
Promises
Gave
Out
Run
Lofty
One Thing
Had
Leaders
Crush
Govern
Erase
Years
Accomplishments
Mandate
Forgot
Them
Thing
Things
Set
What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
Salman Khurshid
Time
You
People
Young
Athletes
See
Gymnastics
Supple
Leaders
Leading
Over
Know
Hill
Very
Where
Different
Interested
Young People
Fields
Requirement
Fascinating
Image
By The Time
History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.
Samantha Power
Good
History
Mask
Aims
More
Leaders
Also
How
Foreign
Geopolitical
Led
Than
Often
Rhetoric
Using
Shows
Belligerent
Humanitarian
Harm
'Women on Board' provides a roadmap for high-performing women leaders to join high-performing boards. It is a must-read for every sitting board director, man or woman, and for everyone who aspires to a corporate board seat.
Sandra E. Peterson
Man
Director
Woman
Women
Every
Everyone
Corporate
Join
Leaders
Provides
Sitting
Board
Boards
Who
Seat
Managing through ambiguity can be difficult for even the most experienced leaders. Defining a clear set of goals for your team demonstrates that there is an end in sight. However, it's crucial during this time to move through the transition in phases.
Sandra E. Peterson
Time
Goals
Difficult
Defining
Sight
Through
Crucial
Clear
Leaders
Most
However
Ambiguity
End
Managing
Move
Experienced
Transition
Your
Team
Even
Phases
Set
Continent-wide nations require continent-wide leaders whenever they are in crisis. The 'idea of Europe,' much like the 'idea of India' was the construction of such continental leaders.
Sanjaya Baru
Construction
Crisis
India
Leaders
Idea
Like
Continental
Nations
Whenever
Much
Require
Europe
To be sure, China is nowhere as powerful as the U.S., but it has acquired the ability to impose its will on individual nations around the world. From Australia to Germany, South Africa to South Korea, political leaders are careful not to rub China the wrong way.
Sanjaya Baru
World
Political
Will
South Africa
Way
Ability
Individual
Wrong
Leaders
Powerful
Wrong Way
Sure
Around
Korea
Impose
South
Political Leaders
Australia
South Korea
Germany
Nations
Africa
China
Acquired
Nowhere
Rub
Careful
We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.
Sarah Palin
Will
Once
Guy
Leaders
Up
Listen
Again
Little
Stand
Stand Up
Who
Need
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will.
Scott Brown
Will
Defying
Rarely
Leaders
Been
Intent
Public
Elected
Now we teach our leaders that it's your job to put in the systems that enable your people to run your experiments fast and cheap and to keep making them faster and cheaper. Yield as many of your decisions off to the experiment as possible.
Scott Cook
People
Job
Experiment
Faster
Our
Our People
Possible
Systems
Run
Cheap
Cheaper
Put
Leaders
Enable
Making
Off
Yield
Experiments
Decisions
Them
Teach
Your
Many
Keep
Now
Fast
I am humbled and excited by new opportunities for me to support and share the amazing work NASA is doing to help us travel farther into the solar system and work with the next generation of science and technology leaders.
Scott Kelly
Work
Me
Travel
Technology
Science
Generation
Opportunities
Amazing
Solar
Science And Technology
Solar System
System
Share
Excited
Leaders
Support
New
Am
NASA
Doing
New Opportunities
Us
Next
Next Generation
Help
Farther
Humbled
Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.
Scott Walker
Today
History
Confidence
People
Take For Granted
Will
Looking
Extraordinary
Something
Risked
Take
Leaders
Freedoms
Prosper
Because
America
American
Did
Move
Move Forward
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Us
Granted
Who
Forward
Lives
Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks.
Scott Walker
Political
Negative
Down
Consequences
Kicked
Road
Leaders
Fiscal
Political Leaders
Realities
Taxes
Realizing
Ignored
Down The Road
Illinois
Actions
Now
Credit
Raised
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