Margaret Heffernan Quotes

The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity: you absolutely depend on people speaking up and raising concerns.

Margaret Heffernan

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Jim Harbaugh has done a great job of coaching in the NFL no matter how you put it.

John Madden

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I never thought, growing up, I'd be a TV host.

Rob Gronkowski

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I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me when I was a very young child. The first school I attended was a small building that went from first to sixth grade. There was one teacher for all of the students. There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

Rosa Parks

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I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious. While probably half of my friends were Jewish, they were all secular Jews. We went to Hebrew school, we knew we were Jewish, but it wasn't a major part of our existence.

Matisyahu

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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

Jean Cocteau

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Traveling has a major impact on what I do, cause all over the world I'm meeting all kinds of people. And relationships is the second major impact that I have. I just enjoy the variety that the world has to offer.

Jason Mraz

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Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.

Dick Cavett

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I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Derek Luke

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I was correct in every call I made, regardless of what managers, players or replay may have said. To me, that's the reason I'm in the Hall of Fame. If I didn't umpire with conviction, I wouldn't have made it for long.

Doug Harvey

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I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

Christopher Nolan

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I didn't expect people would embrace 'Ang Probinsyano' the way they did during its first year.

Coco Martin

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The best anti-aging product is a great, natural-looking hair color, especially when you're graying.

Bobbi Brown

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