Peter Drucker - Quotes

 Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. 

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Chasing Liberty - Quotes

 Anna Foster:
Dad! Way to go. I can't believe you had that restaurant swarming with all of your secret servants. You ruined my date! And now, I'm going to die before I ever get to third base... I mean second base. [Anna turns to see others in room]
President James Foster:
Anna?
Anna Foster:
I'll talk to you about this later.
President James Foster:
No, no. Stay. Pull up a chair. We were just discussing the G8 Summit in Prague, how to best persuade the EU leaders to adopt our plan for distributing humanitarian aid and medical technology to developing nations, but you had a bad date, so we should probably focus on that.
Anna Foster:
No, no, no, I'm so sorry to have interrupted. Excuse me. [Anna leaves]
President James Foster:
So third base is what again? [indistinct mumbling]
President James Foster:
Glad I asked.
 

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Napoleon Bonaparte - Quotes

 You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse. 

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Bring It On - Quotes

 Sparky:
[the cheerleaders form a line for Sparky to inspect] You, you have weak ankles. One of your calves is bigger than the other. Too much makeup. Not enough makeup. What's with the skin? Say it with me SUNLIGHT. Male cheerleaders, enough said. Smile. Don't smile. Ah, good tone and general musculature. Report those compliments to your ass before it gets so big it forms it's own website! And you, I take you to be the captain, which means you'll probably need more work than anybody.
 

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Stone Sour - Quotes

 I could never be your god

And I don't even think I want the job anymore 

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Not Another Teen Movie - Quotes

 
[practicing for cheerleading]
Sandy Sue:
Give me an 'H'. Give me a 'U'. Give me a - giant pussy-licking, ass-fucker cock shit. [the other cheerleaders are disturbed]
Sandy Sue:
I'm sorry. That was my Tourette's.
 

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Bring It On - Quotes

 Missy:
I don't know what's scarier, neurotic cheerleaders or the pressure to win. I could make a killing selling something like Diet Prozac.
 

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Bring It On - Quotes

 Football Player #1:
Why don't you let your cheerleaders come out and play for you, at least they win shit occasionally.
Toros Quarterback:
Ah, is that all you've got?
Toros Tight End:
Yeah, bring it on buttplug!
Football Player #1:
You want more? Alright, while we're out here kicking your ass, your cheerboys are over there, scamming on all your squirrel.
Football Player #2:
Which is cool, since you ain't got dicks anyway!
Toros Quarterback:
Hehe, bitch! [they fight as both benches clear]
 

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Sister Act - Quotes

 Reverend Mother:
Girl groups? Boogie woogie on the piano? What were you thinking?
Delores:
I was thinkin' more like Vegas, y'know, get some butts in the seats.
Reverend Mother:
And what next? Popcorn? Curtain calls? This is not a theater or a casino.
Delores:
Yeah, but that's the problem. See, people like going to theaters, and they like going to casinos, but they don't like coming to church. Why? Because it's a drag. But we could change all that, see? We could pack this joint.
Reverend Mother:
Through blasphemy? You have corrupted the entire choir! [in the hall, Monsignor O'Hara enters]
Monsignor O'Hara:
Excuse me. [he listens to the argument between Delores and Reverend Mother]
Delores:
How can you say that? I worked my butt of with these women! They've given up their free time to do this, and they're GOOD! I mean, sister, we could, we could ROCK this place!
Reverend Mother:
OUT of the question! As of tomorrow, Mary Lazarus resumes her leadership of the choir. [Monsignor knocks on the door]
Reverend Mother:
COME IN!
 

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The Dark Knight - Quotes

 Alfred Pennyworth:
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne:
Then why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth:
Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
 

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Vantage Point - Quotes

 
[first lines]
Mark Reinhart:
Good morning, America. It's now 12 noon in Salamanca, Spain. In a short time, world leaders from over 150 countries meet here in Plaza Mayor to sign up to President Ashton's bold new counterterrorist strategy. Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror. Those lives will not soon be forgotten as today, the world comes together to take a stand against this violence. We may be on the brink of a historic agreement between Western and Arab leaders. Security services are on high alert in Salamanca, where we now go live to our news team on the ground and our reporter Angie Jones.
 

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Jim Norton - Quotes

 While There may be power in forgiveness, there is even more power in lobbing a Molotov cocktail through someone's dining room window. 

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The Postman - Quotes

 General Bethlehem:
Law one. You will obey orders without question. Law two: Punishment shall be swift. Law three: Mercy is for the weak. Four: Terror will defeat reason. Five: Your allegiance is to the clan. Six: Justice can be dictated. Seven: Any clansman may challenge for leadership of the clan. Law eight: There is only one penalty. Death.
 

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Lord of War - Quotes

 Yuri Orlov:
The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I *do* rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of *your* enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year - sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil.
 

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Colin Powell - Quotes

 The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. 

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Peter David - Quotes

 That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult...then comes suspicion, hatred, and fear. If children ran the world, it would be a place of eternal bliss and cheer. Adults run the world; and there is war, and enmity, and destruction unending. Adults who take charge of things muck them up, and then produce a new generation of children and say,  

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Thomas Paine - Quotes

 Lead, follow, or get out of the way. 

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Undercover Brother - Quotes

 
[as black cultural leaders begin to fall prey to The Man's plan]
The Chief:
Jay-Z to cover Lawrence Welk's greatest hits? John Singleton to remake "Driving Miss Daisy"? Terry McMillan - "How Stella got her White Man Back"? Double damn it! Black people all over the world are losin' their damn minds!
 

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Quotes

 Justice:
They didn't really steal the monkey. It was just a diversion so we could steal these. [showing a bag of stolen diamonds]
Justice:
And they're not the leaders of the C.L.I.T. The C.L.I.T is not real.
Whillenholly:
No the clit is real. Its the female orgasm that's the myth.
 

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John Holt - Quotes

 Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them.  

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Evita - Quotes

 Juan Perón:
Dice are rolling - the knives are out. Would-be presidents are all around, I don't say they mean harm, but they'd each give an arm... to see us six feet underground.
Eva Perón:
It doesn't matter what those morons say. Our nations leaders are a feeble crew. There's only twenty of them anyway. What is twenty next to millions who are looking to you? All you have to do is sit and wait, keeping out of everybody's way. We'll... you'll be handed power on a plate when the ones who matter have their say, and with chaos installed... you can "reluctantly" agree to be called.
Juan Perón:
There again, we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead. For distance lends enchantment, and that is why... all exiles are distinguished. More important - they're not dead. I could find job satisfaction in Paraguay.
Eva Perón:
This is crazy defeatist talk! Why commit political suicide? There's no call for any action at all... when you have unions on your side.
 

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Barack Obama - Quotes

 To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. 

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Colin Powell - Quotes

 Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. 

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George W. Bush - Quotes

 I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office. 

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Laozi - Quotes

 I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. 

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Abraham Lincoln - Quotes

 Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody. 

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Ken Kesey - Quotes

 I'm accustomed to being top man. I been a bull goose catskinner for every gyppo logging operation in the Northwest and bull goose gambler all the way from Korea, was even bull goose pea weeder on that pea farm at Pendleton -- so I figure if I'm bound to be a loony, then I'm bound to be a stompdown dadgum good one. 

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Sherry K. White - Quotes

 God's leaders believe the impossible and move in the eternal. 

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Evita - Quotes

 Juan Perón:
Tonight I'm proud to be the people's spokesman. You've given help to those who've lost their homes, but more than that conclusively show that the people should run their affairs on their own. Make sure your leaders understand the people.
 

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Shel Silverstein - Quotes

 The Voice



There is a voice inside of you

That whispers all day long,

 

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Thomas S. Monson - Quotes

 Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.  

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John Grisham - Quotes

 The president had shifted to the 'we' mode now, something he invariably did when a potentially unpopular decision was at hand. For the easy ones, it was always 'I.' When he needed a crutch, and especially when he would need someone to blame, he opened up the decisionmaking process and included Critz. 

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Whoopi Goldberg - Quotes

 We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. 

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Down Periscope - Quotes

 Adm. Dean Winslow:
I will not be able to give you your Los Angeles class boat
Lt. Comd. Dodge:
[sighs] Yes, sir.
Adm. Dean Winslow:
You will instead be given a new *Seawolf* class nuclear sub, and will attend its launch on friday. And you'll be given a crew consistent with your leadership and tactical abilities
Lt. Comd. Dodge:
Thank you, sir. But I'll have to decline
Adm. Dean Winslow:
Decline?
Lt. Comd. Dodge:
I would not be in line for such a promotion, without the help of my present crew. I could not in good conscious take command without them.
 

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Family Matters - Quotes

 Lt. Murtaugh:
They're sending in that Urkel kid.
Carl:
What? We've got cheerleaders taller than him.
 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Quotes

 Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. 

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Nelson Mandela - Quotes

 Lead from the front  

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Bring It On - Quotes

 
[Cheerleaders from opposing team]
Cheerleaders:
Hey, Toros! / That's right / The red black and white / Guess What / Guess What / You really SUCK!
Torrance Shipman:
Hey...
The Toros Squad:
That's all right. That's OK! / You're gonna pump our gas someday! / That's all right. That's OK! / You're gonna pump our gas someday!
 

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Quotes

 Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. 

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Rosalynn Carter - Quotes

 A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. 

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - Quotes

 
[first title cards]
Title card/crawl::
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Title card/crawl::
There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand solar systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic. This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dooku, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to the Galactic Senate to vote on the critical issue of creating an ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC to assist the overwhelmed Jedi...
 

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Henry David Thoreau - Quotes

 If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. 

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Peter Drucker - Quotes

 People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are. 

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Albert Schweitzer - Quotes

 Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. 

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Marc A. Pitman - Quotes

 Life's short. Live passionately. 

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John Adams 4 - Quotes

 If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. 

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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Quotes

 Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. 

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Harry S Truman - Quotes

 I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. 

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George S. Patton Jr. - Quotes

 Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. 

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Napoleon Bonaparte - Quotes

 Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.  

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Quotes

 The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. 

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Rosa Parks - Quotes

 I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people. 

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Joseph Campbell - Quotes

 A bit of advice

Given to a young Native American

At the time of his initiation:

As you go the way of life,

You will see a great chasm. Jump.

It is not as wide as you think. 

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James Gould Cozzens - Quotes

 Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and he did it with that born-leader's confidence and intensity that draws along the ordinary uncertain man, who soon confuses his own interest and his own safety with that of the leader. 

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Laozi - Quotes

 A leader is best

When people barely know he exists

Of a good leader, who talks little,

When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,

They will say,  

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Ralph Nader - Quotes

 Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners. 

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The Aristocrats - Quotes

 Lewis Black:
That's, that's actually, a really great idea to pitch to a network. I can walk into NBC tomorrow and say I have a dysfunctional family idea. So dysfunctional, it defies description. We have guys fucking and sucking, blowing armadillos, diddling like an 11-year old cheerleader. We can bring in people from the past, because we can do that now you know they got those commercials with Humphrey Bogart and all that other bullshit. And bring back fucking major world leaders of the past 60 years, like Hitler. Mussolini. Genghis Kahn, for god sakes. I just thought of that and that's unbelievable. This is not a joke, this would go on TV. And we blow Hitler, then next episode, we bite his dick off, ha ho! See what happens to Hitler's dick. That'll be turning it on. Phenomenal.
 

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Laozi - Quotes

 A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, `We did this ourselves. 

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Eugene Victor Debs - Quotes

 I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it. 

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Brandon Sanderson - Quotes

 Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do.

Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes. 

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