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“If I have accomplished anything, I owe it, among other fortunate circumstances, to the fact that through the early training bestowed on me by my father, I started, I may fairly say, with an advantage of a quarter of a century over my contemporaries.”

Ifs May Facts Father Century Circumstances Training Advantage Fortunate Accomplished Quarters Quarter Of A Century

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.”

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Author:John Longenecker

“When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity.”

People Thinking Has Beens Hard Order Creative Circumstances Training Slave Average Transition Mediocrity Initiative Be Creative Allegiance Manuals

Book:Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive

Source: Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive

“Whatever character you play, whatever film it is, whatever story it is, for me, in my training it's always something that gives you a layered character, it's understanding the secret of that character, and so whatever comes up as "Oh, I thought that person was that," you are always carrying that within you. So actually what you're playing all the way through is both and it's just what comes out in the scene or the circumstance.”

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Author:Julia Ormond

“The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here, I think I had a pretty good sense of what was required. But the circumstances in which I came in were different than most executives, right? The enterprise was in the midst of a major crisis.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.”

Ifs Life Firsts Mean Long Two Answers Mistake Education Circumstances Training Oneself Work Out Complicated Chains Ties Involving Right Answers

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living