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«Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even»
Author: Abigail Van Buren
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Maturity
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finished, get even, injustice, maturity, spending, stick, stick with, supervise, supervised, wanting
«If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out»
«Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower
(President)
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Leadership
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argued, bossing, concept, desk, desks, frailties, get behind, go along, Human nature, jaw, jawed, likes, One Pound, persuade, persuaded, pounding, recognizing, requirements, scare, scared, stick, stick out, The Show, types
«I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.»
«If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool»
«If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule»
«I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.»
«Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
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Positive thinking
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stick, stick to
«Make fair agreements and stick to them»
«I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.»
Author: Stephen Wright
(Actor, Writer)
| About:
Play
| Keywords:
car window, harmonica, stick, window
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