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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will

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Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. – George Will

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Experience
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George Will
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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. – George Will

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Ethics
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George Will
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I dont know what leadership is. You cant touch it. You cant feel it. Its not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it. – Bob Ehrlich

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Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nations conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership. – James MacGregor Burns

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people arent used to an environment where excellence is expected. – Steve Jobs

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All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state. – W. H. Auden

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Nah, Ive always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. Theyve been very close to me and we have a great relationship. – Lionel Messi

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Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl. – George Meredith

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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. – Mario Batali

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