A lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.
BILL BRADLEYWe have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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When you’re not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
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When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.
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People tell me, “I’m glad you said that.” But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
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We have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
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When the playing is over, one can sense that one’s youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.
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The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain.
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Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
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I like the rough impersonality of New York … Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing the other person again.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.
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The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That’s the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.
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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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I might lose because I wasn’t tall enough; I might lose because I wasn’t fast enough. But I wasn’t going to lose because I wasn’t ready.
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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