"Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better."
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"You may have noticed that society is rapidly going downhill. Inflation, lack of fuel and even war cast deep shadows over the world. And the most serious part of this is that drugs, both medical and street drugs, have disabled a majority of those who could have handled it, including the political leaders, and have even paralyzed the coming generations."
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"A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience."
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"If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader."
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"A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm."
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"A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom."
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"No settlement with the majority community is possible, as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it."
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"I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false."
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"Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices."
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"There's over 100 species of lemurs. Each is a little bit different in their social structure except for one thing: they are all female dominant. The females are the leaders. They are the ones that call the shots. When you watch a group, you can see the females are the first one to say “We’re going to move.” Then she moves off and everybody just follows."
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"It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass."
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"People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt."
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"The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke."
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"You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader."
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"It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love."
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"There's a lot of false prophets around and that's the trouble. People say they think they know what's right and other people get people to follow them because they have a certain type of charisma, and there's always people willing to take over. People want a leader. And there will be more and more of them."
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"The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance."
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"Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies."
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"The father receives his power from God (and from his own father). The teacher finds the soil already prepared for obedience, and the political leader has only to harvest what has been sown."
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"Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies."
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