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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes.
What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.
A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms.
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born.
For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.
I adore being hitched. It's so extraordinary to discover one unique individual you need to irritate for whatever remains of your life.
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone.
The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional.
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions
Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.
The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary.
Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since
History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?
It's perfectly O.K. to not be completely predictable. I am a person, and I have individual opinions that may not line up ideologically.
Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and, unconsciously sidelined.
If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are.
A 'diet' is simply an individual's eating regimen: it doesn't have to mean the restrictive plan we've come to associate this word with.
Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.
Claiming for ourselves liberty of conscience, liberty to worship, we shall see to it that every other individual enjoys the same right.
Knowledge is dangerous when you're a person of colour. It makes you a powerful individual, and that's what 'Stay Dangerous' represents.
I'm an individual. I do not want to get into a pissing match with an organization that is a de-facto gigadollar-turnover multinational!
Why do we love certain homes, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in our surroundings.
The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.
We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
The society is the extension of the individual. If the individual is greedy, cruel, merciless, egoistic, etc. so it will be the society.
Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.
A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that his dog will die if he deprives it of food constitutes a prediction.
We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right to better, fuller, and richer life.
The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.
In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.
A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.
Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual.