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Is discipline (both mental and physical) in place of coddling truly child abuse? I don't know, but it sure as hell is effective.
I think it's possible to have a conservative serve in a cardinal position, a subcommittee chair position, and be very effective.
We should redefine the metric for effective lending, viz., prioritise loans to enterprises, which will generate more employment.
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
The truth is that key influencers exist in all effective organizations, but a solid-line org chart won't tell you where they are.
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when the kids pissed me off.
I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.
When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Thanks to our friends at the dot-ME Registry, WordPress is able to offer one of the shortest and most effective URLs available today.
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.
Being fundamentally decent and honest and willing to put others before yourself - that's necessary for being an effective policymaker.
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.
Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores.
Some folks have suggested that, using WordPress, Prologue, and RSS, you could create a pretty effective distributed version of Twitter.
Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
I think effective leaders typically are able to see the future to a certain degree and then try to take actions to shape it in some way.
A big goal of the liberal Democrats in Congress is to try to do away with any effective cooperation to enforce federal immigration laws.
In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.
The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions.
I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.
Obama's pop-cultural focus may seem demeaning to the office of the presidency. It may be mockable. But it is also tremendously effective.
My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.
I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.
When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'
When we take care of ourselves, we are more effective, we are more creative, and we are more successful in a broad definition of the word.
When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.
Swallow your pride and be completely objective about your own poker skill level. Only then can you implement an effective betting strategy.
The point I wanted to make was, as we have moved forward on the war on terrorism, FISA has been increasingly effective in terms of results.
Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.
We should look for ways to expedite generic drug approvals, particularly for products that have a long history of being safe and effective.
We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school.
Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government.
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
Business is usually a team sport. There isn't one great person sitting there directing things. You can't run an effective business like that.
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
Modern, effective leadership means moving beyond the 'grand illusion' to engage the mass population and to align business with societal goals.
If you want to deal with an epidemic - crime or health - the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first.
My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.