Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it."
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Dale Carnegie
Author, Speaker
"Ask questions instead of giving direct orders."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one."
Lauryn Hill
Singer, Songwriter
"I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love."
Stanley Smith Stevens
Psychologist
"The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation."
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"Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can."
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"There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem."
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"What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves."
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"Music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality"
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"I would like to direct."
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"When people direct insults at me, I can take it."
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"Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here."
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"I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed."
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"Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live."
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"It's astonishing how many people who direct action don't know how to tell a story."
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"There's not a lot of direct back story but you do get to see them playing around each other a lot."
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"I'd love to direct again."
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"Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right."
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"If it is the greatest truth that you seek, the plants can direct you."
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"I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps."
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