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“May God save any country to remain in a position to choose between a genius of bad character and a stupid of good character, because both will bring disaster to that country!”

Author:Mike Huckabee

“Always understand the risk/reward of the trade as it now stands, not as it existed when you put the position on. Some people say, "I was only playing with the market's money." That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.”

People Risk Heard Position Trade Rewards Ridiculous Ridiculous Things

Author:Bill Lipschutz

“You don't have to get in or out of a position all at once. Avoid the temptation of wanting to be completely right.”

Position Temptation

Book:The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders

Source: The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders

“There are genuine questions to be asked about why we now have the highest level of employment in many decades, contrary to the position during the boom-bust years of the Conservatives.”

Years Levels Position Highest Decades Contrary Genuine Employment

Author:Douglas Alexander

“The psalms, like no other literature, lift us to a position where we can commune with God, capturing a sense of the greatness of his kingdom and a sense of what living with him for eternity will be like.”

Literature Position Greatness Eternity Kingdoms Lifts Psalms Communes

Author:Gordon Fee

“In the new organisation, power flows from expertise, not position.”

Position Flow Expertise Organisation

Author:Thomas A. Stewart

“There are so many people afraid of a task. They get so overwhelmed by the obstacles in front of them that they shy away from reaching beyond a position of safety.”

People Fronts Position Tasks Safety Obstacles Reaching Shy Overwhelmed Reaching Beyond

Author:Edwin Moses

“I ask people what piece they are on the chessboard. And some people say 'I'm the king' or 'I'm the knight.' And then they ask me what piece I am, and I say, 'I'm no piece. I take the position of God.'”

People Asks Pieces Position Kings Ask Me Knights

Book:The Tao of Wu

Source: The Tao of Wu

“Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way it dealt with us. We had to learn to express and affirm values not from the winning position.”

Way Values Culture Universe Winning Position Taught African American American Culture African American Culture

Author:Bernice Johnson Reagon

“Positive economics is in principle independent of any particular ethical position or normative judgment...In short, positive economics is or can be an "objective" science.”

Principles Position Particular Judgment Economics Independent Objectives Ethical Short Positive

Author:Milton Friedman

“I have been....moved to wonder whether my job is a job or a racket, whether economists, and particularly economic theorists, may not be in the position that Cicero, citing Cato, ascribed to the augurs of Rome-that they should cover their faces or burst into laugher when they met on the street.”

Should May Has Beens Jobs Faces Wonder Economic Streets Position Mets Moved Rome Economist Theorists Racket Citing Cato

Author:Frank Knight

“When people thank you for doing something, you begin to realize how truly blessed you were to have been put in that position.”

People Has Beens Realizing Position Blessed

Author:Jason Varitek

“Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.”

Position Argument Arguing Dramatic Unfair Plato

Author:Bertrand Russell

“Plato assumes somehow that government is a way in which you put unselfish and ungreedy men in charge of selfish and greedy men. But government is an institution whereby the people who have the greatest drive to get power over their fellow men, get in a position of controlling them. Look at the record of government. Where are these philosopher kings that Plato supposedly was trying to develop?”

People Men Way Trying Looks Government Records Position Kings Fellows Institutions Assuming Philosopher Selfish Plato Greedy Fellow Man Unselfish

Author:Milton Friedman

“Demand for grain in the world today is a more stable trend than demand for energy. Russia is a major grain exporter and can consolidate its positions”

World Today Energy Position Demand Majors Russia Trends Stable Grain World Today

Author:Dmitry Medvedev

“The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.”

Position Opposites Assuming Prevailing Always Wrong

Book:Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

Source: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

“I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.”

People Stills Winning Loses Millions Position Unhappy Second Place

Author:Lauren Alaina

“War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies of troops can never be known to anyone.... Success never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or even on numbers, and least of all on position.”

Thinking May Littles Long Two War Sometimes Body Moving Games Differences Numbers Company Known Position Depends Please Stronger Chess Division Relative Troops Equipment Knights Pawns

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.”

Term Roles Position Defining

Author:Edgar Schein

“I am honoured to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague and fellow poet Mr. Dennis Lee, it will be with pride and passion that I carry forward the mandate of the Poet Laureate position for the City of Toronto and its residents.”

Passion Opportunity Cities Position Poet Pride Fellows Colleagues Footsteps Mandates Residents Toronto

Author:Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

“Insanity and psychosis can no longer be respected as meaningful [terms] - but are used by limited individuals in positions of social power to describe ways of behaving and thinking that are alien, threatening, and obscure to them.”

Thinking Way Used Individual Social Term Position Meaningful Aliens Insanity Obscure Threatening Psychosis Social Power

Author:Seymour Krim

“You've got to love your people more than your position.”

People Love You Position

Book:Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell

Source: Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell

“Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.”

Character Wealth Position Supreme

Author:John D. Rockefeller

“You can play hard. You can play aggressive. You can give 120% but if one guy is out of position then someone is running through the line of scrimmage and he is going to gain a bunch of yards.”

Ifs Giving Hard Play Running Guy Lines Position Gains Bunch Aggressive Yards Play Hard

Author:Bill Belichick

“Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.”

Position Painting Contrast Stem Organisation

Author:Roy Lichtenstein

“A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality.”

Important Quality Democracy Position Authority Congress Length Antidote Eminence American Democracy

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.”

Ifs Left President Realizing Chance Failing Position Fool Kings Office Ministers Prime Prime Minister

Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

“A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.”

President Chance Position Kings Ministers Prime Prime Minister

Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

“I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional, and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.”

Ifs May Whole Asks My Own Views Support Position Judgment Errors Command Defects Indulgence Often Is

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson

“Nothing is stronger than the position of the dead among the living.”

Position Stronger

Author:Virginia Woolf

“The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions.”

Values Individual Justice Liberty Position Development Civilization Demand Restriction

Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents

“You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.”

Ifs Thinking Knows May Worst Position Judging

Author:Marilyn vos Savant

“I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.”

Turns Easy Challenges Careers Position Projects Welcome

Author:Cliff Martinez

“I'm really tired of Americans being the only ones asked to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to charity, and, quite frankly, my number one concern right now is taking care of the fact that Americans are taking it in the gut without jobs. Many of them working two and three part time jobs. And, if America wants to do something great, let's get our economy growing again, stabilize the dollar, and we'll be in a much better position to help people around the world.”

“Scientists are scientists. They're not really in a position to speak clearly on the moral dimensions, and they're not really comfortable doing that.”

Speak Moral Position Comfortable Scientist Dimensions

Author:Naomi Oreskes

“I like to compare the two to a quarterback and a lineman. Being a brakeman is very physical and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. Your position is won or lost by the hundredths of seconds you are faster than another individual. It's like the lineman who is there mostly for their athleticism and physicality. The driver, like the quarterback, possesses a unique skill that takes a lot longer to learn.”

Two Individual Lost Position Skills Unique Determined Faster Compare Drivers Seconds Quarterback Meter Physicality Athleticism Lineman

Author:Elana Meyers

“Instead of thinking about building up my image or building up my brand or building up my career, I've turned it and taken the approach of focusing on what I can give instead of what I can get. It's been a very enjoyable process for me. That's more of a heart position that I've taken. It's been one of the greatest things I've ever done.”

Thinking Giving Heart I Can Done Process Careers Taken Position Building Approach Brands Enjoyable Building Up

Author:Kelly Clark

“I'm really comfortable in a stressful, leadership position. I need this job. I need to do this. This fits my personality. This is the best thing for me, short of playing.”

Needs Jobs Position Personality Fit Comfortable Best Things Stressful

Author:Avery Johnson

“When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning because their identity is wrapped up in who they are as a player and what they do rather than who they can be in Christ. We desire to help people understand the invitation that God has given each one of us as Christ followers to be a part of this global redemptive story. If you can't give your life to something with meaning and purpose of that magnitude then there's nothing there.”

People Ifs Giving Ends Hard Done Helping Stories Desire Purpose Given Christ Player Identity Position Tough Athlete Hard Times Followers Invitations Magnitude

Author:Aaron Kampman

“I don't think you have to like a character, but if you can understand why they do what they do, or the position they're in or why they make certain choices, then you can get behind them.”

Ifs Thinking Character Certain Choices Behinds Position

Author:Christian Cooke

“One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and every war was bad. It was 4th of July. It was an outrageously political statement. I just never felt right when people in the church would take these overtly political positions especially when I felt like I was a good Christian, I was serving my country, and I just didn't feel like I deserved to be lambasted by the priest on the 4th of July.”

People Feels Should Said War Country Christian Political Night Felt Church Position Statements Revolutionary Priests Serving 4th Of July One Night July Good Christian Revolutionary War

Author:Wesley Clark

“My mom didn't run for mayor until she was 65 years old - it was like a second and third career.... The way I've always thought about it is that I don't believe you run for office because you want a job. I believe if you run for office, it's because you have a vision for change. And if I ever came to that point, that's what would lead [me to run]. And right now I'm happily in a position where I believe I can work to deliver impact and work for change.”

Ifs Way Want Years Believe I Can Running Jobs I Believe Vision Careers Position Mom Right Now Office Thirds Impact Don't Believe My Mom Mayors Leading Me I Don't Believe You

Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell

“I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.”

Light Christian Challenges Accepting Break Position Holy Historical Break Out

Author:N. T. Wright

“A "showrunner" as a position is a relatively new thing. It used to be the executive producer. That's not true anymore. Now it's evolved into this model where people look to showrunners and say, that guy is that show. It's just become a lot more interesting to know the showrunner and to get a sense of that person.”

People Knows Looks Persons Shows Used Guy Interesting Position Models Producers Used To Be Executives New Things That Guy

Author:Matt Nix

“It was always about the future of writers, and about the way writers are treated in the future, and I think that was really hurtful to a lot of people in my position who had 160 people who depended on them to get this over with. So there was a lot of pain in it, and in that sense it will never be worth it, but I do think it was important.”

People Thinking Way Important Pain Position Treated Worth It Hurtful

Author:Edward Allen Bernero

“The Arab countries in the Middle East have for decades demonized Israel, to Western leadership, which for reasons not entirely clear, listen to them politely. The Bush Administration, for example, was infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood years before Obama began mainstreaming them and allowing them to have positions of influence within the White House.”

Years Country Reason House White Clear Influence Middle Example Position Western Israel East Decades Administration White House Allowing Brotherhood Middle East Muslim Brotherhood

Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld

“My personal position is we have to look beyond the parties now and find a realistic solution to get us out of this crisis which would be to create growth and this isn't something that is going to happen by populism.”

Looks Happens Would Be Growth Party Position Solutions Crisis Realistic Populism

Author:Eva Kaili

“I try to leave it in Christ's hands and trust that He knows the situation. He knows the position I'm in. He wouldn't have put me in this position if I couldn't handle it. That's what keeps me going, knowing that He's right there. I can call on Him whenever.”

Ifs Knows Trying I Can Hands Christ Situation Knowing Position Handle

Author:John Salmons

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