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Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.

Colin Powell

Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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People Perspective Right Yourself
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility

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