Tom Ridge Quotes

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

Tom Ridge

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LeadershipPowerPeopleTeamYou

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

Jennifer Garner

CoolNeverCrowdPartTeens

It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm not qualified to do anything. That's the problem.

Jehane Noujaim

LifeJobProblemPlaceBe NiceNice

When someone follows you all the way to the shop and watches you buy toilet roll, you know your life has changed.

Jennifer Aniston

LifeSomeoneWatchesYouKnowWay

Some of the most green people in our lives are our parents and grandparents, who always bought locally and carefully. I remember my grandmother would buy a jar of cream and make it last for a long time. To me, that is just as green as something with an expensive, eco-savvy label on it.

Su-chin Pak

TimeParentsPeopleMeGreenLong

I've learned over the years that you're going to be most successful at the things you're most excited to do. Every artist has a special set of tools. When you really use those tools, and you make yourself feel really good about the product you create, I think you'll find an audience for it. I've been very fortunate in that respect.

Steve Vai

GoodRespectYourselfThinkTools

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

Tommy Chong

JusticeAmericanSystemJustLies

Like Afghanistan before it, Iraq is only one theater in a regional war. We were attacked by a network of terrorist organizations supported by several countries, of whom the most important were Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

Michael Ledeen

WarImportantAfghanistanOnlyLike

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

Louis D. Brandeis

WisdomActionOpinionsExpression

Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I'm all for it.

Janice Dickinson

BetterFeelWhateverIndividualMake

I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

Johnny Vegas

MyselfOthersRightGiveCritical

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

Denis Healey

GoodLawYouStopFollowFirst

Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000 boat people in Vietnam in the 1970s, I was particularly proud to be Canadian.

David Suzuki

PeopleProudBoatDoorsCanadaOpen

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