4,826 Quotes About Self


  • Author David McCullough
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    Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to act it with self-command and precision.

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  • Author Dee Dee Myers
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    Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism.

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  • Author Dennis Miller
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    American's could be any more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel.

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  • Author Donald Miller
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    I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

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  • Author Donella Meadows
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    Any system, biological, economic, or social, that gets so encrusted that it cannot self-evolve, a system that systematically scorns experimentation and wipes out the raw material of innovation, is doomed over the long term on this highly variable planet.

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  • Author Eddie Murphy
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    All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.

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