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"Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader."
Bianca Jagger
"Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader."
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"I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader."
Pol Pot
"I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader."
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"I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right."
Ziggy Marley
"I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right."
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"I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower."
Dustin Diamond
"I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower."
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"I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes."
Buddy Rich
"I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes."
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"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."
Hartley William Shawcross
"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
John C. Maxwell
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
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"It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground."
James H. Boren
"It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground."
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"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."
Rosalynn Carter
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."
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"As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold."
John C. McGinley
"As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold."
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"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
Golda Meir
"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
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"I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest."
Paul McCartney
"I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest."
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"For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason."
Johnny Vegas
"For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason."
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"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
Max de Pree
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
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"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
Kristin Hersh
"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
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"You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader."
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"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."
Adolf Hitler
"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."
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"A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you."
Geena Davis
"A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you."
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"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
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"But I do think the survey group - and I think Charlie Duelfer is a great leader. I have the utmost confidence in Charles. I think you will get as full an answer as you can possibly get."
David Kay
"But I do think the survey group - and I think Charlie Duelfer is a great leader. I have the utmost confidence in Charles. I think you will get as full an answer as you can possibly get."
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"I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader."
Richard Gere
"I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader."
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"And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had some knowledge of English, although limited."
Betty Hill
"And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had some knowledge of English, although limited."
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"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."
Tom Hanks
"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."
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"As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade."
Donald Evans
"As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade."
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"Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist."
Rainn Wilson
"Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist."
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"I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect."
Tupac Shakur
"I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect."
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"I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before."
Tadao Ando
"I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before."
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"There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer."
Shannon Hoon
"There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer."
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"Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that."
Benjamin Orr
"Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that."
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"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid."
Lajos Kossuth
"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid."
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"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs."
Jack Bowman
"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs."
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"The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning."
Roy Haynes
"The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning."
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"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."
Mary McDonnell
"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."
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"Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have."
Ariel Sharon
"Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have."
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"I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country."
John Philip Sousa
"I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country."
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"I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes."
Julie Bowen
"I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes."
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"I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader."
Bill Kreutzmann
"I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader."
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"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
Arnold H. Glasow
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
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"It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier."
"It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier."
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"My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around."
Louis Prima
"My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around."
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"The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up."
Val Kilmer
"The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up."
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"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."
John C. Maxwell
"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."
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"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."
Tadao Ando
"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."
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"I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman."
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
"I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman."
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"Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks."
Norman Granz
"Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks."
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"People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people."
Bob Marley
"People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people."
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"Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in."
Stone Gossard
"Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in."
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"Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before."
Jane D. Hull
"Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before."
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"As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies."
David Kay
"As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies."
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