Russel Honore Quotes

#1. It was George Bernard Shaw who famously said that you should not do to others as you would wish to be done to - the famous 'golden rule' of moral philosophy - because they might have other tastes.

Will Buckingham

#2. I told myself I'd stay in until I reached major, and then go on and do something else.

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#3. The Nature of Technology,

Erik Brynjolfsson

#4. The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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#5. You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.

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#6. America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

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#7. In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

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#8. You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.

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#9. Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.

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#10. They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

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#11. If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

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#12. Like flowers in a storm, life is full of goodbyes

Masuji Ibuse

#13. Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

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#14. Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to evacuate. No more. With Irene, you had mass evacuations - mandatory ones - issued days ahead of time. That was the right thing to do.

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#15. I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

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#16. I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter.

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#17. Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

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#18. There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Jonas Salk

#19. Lie to me, Gwendolyn. Tell me that he raped you.

Lori Jenessa Nelson

#20. In 1976, divorce could still raise eyebrows, as could a woman's decision not to have children. Dyslexia wasn't as commonly recognized then, and thus not treated as it is today.

Stacey D'Erasmo

#21. This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.

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#22. You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.

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#23. The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.

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#24. You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.

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#25. You don't want to make mistakes with people. Sometimes when you make a mistake you lose a human soul.

Chaim Potok

#26. Texas really is the greatest state in the greatest nation. Texans - and women all over the country - deserve leaders that care, that listen, and that work to protect their interests.

Wendy Davis

#27. When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

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#28. Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile.

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#29. You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!

Zubin Mehta

#30. During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.

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#31. By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.

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#32. Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.

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#33. Mythologies, in other words, mythologies and religions are great poems and, when recognized as such, point infallibly through things and events to the ubiquity of a

Joseph Campbell

#34. People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature.

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