Michelle Obama
Lawyer, Author, First Lady
"Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you."
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Sun Tzu
Military Strategist
"He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"We cannot rely on God's promises without obeying his commandments."
Thomas Keller
Chef, Restaurateur
"We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Political Philosopher, Historian
"A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others."
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"Often you just have to rely on your intuition."
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"Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that."
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"A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail."
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"Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on."
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"A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely."
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"If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model."
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"I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information."
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"You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words send up."
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"You have to rely on others to have success as a group."
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"Don't rely on our knowledge of what's best for your future. We do know, but it can't be best until you know it."
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"O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing."
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"Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb."
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"Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself."
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"Our happiness relies more on hope, faith and our inner values than on anything outside ourselves."
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"The more knowledge you have, the more you're free to rely on your instincts."
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"It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone."
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"GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do."
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"If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken."
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"You have to rely on yourself and your associates - gifts don't come from above; you're going to win them, or you won't have them."
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"I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work."
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