Jay-Z
Rapper, Businessman
"Ain't nothin' wrong with the aim, just gotta change the target."
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Target
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Kim Dae-jung
Politician
"To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government."
Michel Foucault
Philosopher, Social Theorist
"Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are."
Ali Khamenei
Political Leader
"The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Set your target and keep trying until you reach it."
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"A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren."
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"A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the archer is too well satisfied with his success to ask anything farther."
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"But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspect, converts him into a defenseless target"
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"we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore."
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"alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see."
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"A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket."
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"Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror."
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"Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed."
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"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
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"You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have"
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"Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality."
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"I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target."
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"Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend."
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"Every drop of rain hits its appointed target."
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"The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence."
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"I was blessed with speed and a good punch. Everybody thinks I'm the hardest puncher ever. But I just think I was really fast, and my punches got to the target faster. That's what made my knockouts always seem spectacular."
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"It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger."
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"You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is."
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"Haiti, which has been the main target of US intervention throughout the 20th century, is the poorest. And Guatemala, which is maybe the third major target of US intervention, probably ranks third poorest."
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"I've always been a target. Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life."
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