"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Country, Danger

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"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."

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"As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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"There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence."

Peter Gay, American Historian

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"Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act."

Max Weber, German Economist

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"I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger."

George W. Bush, American President

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Country, Danger

"For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

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"Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison."

James Forrestal, American Public Servant

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"In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

Accomplishment, End

"There is a price to pay for accomplishment."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

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"The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test."

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"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."

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"The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength."

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