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• Dhoni is the best captain India ever had

  Sourav Ganguly

  Dhoni, India

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• Dhoni backed Jadeja to play aggressively and backed Ishant to bowl short. I have not seen a better Indian captain than him.

  Kapil Dev

  Play, Dhoni, Bowls

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• The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws off the feelings of the sick and imparts to them his own which are perfect health, and his explanation destroys their feelings or disease. . . . He is like a captain who knows his business and feels confident in a storm, and his confidence sustains the crew and ship when both would be lost if the captain should give way to his fears.

  Phineas Quimby

  Doctors, Giving, Perfect

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• I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that a man who can subdue his own desires and master the art of serving others can make himself invaluable. In choosing sides the team captain always chose the good spikers on the first and second choice, but then the spikers would grab his arm and whisper, 'Take Michener.' I was never chosen lower than third, because I was needed. I wasn't good, but I was faithful.

  James A. Michener

  Sports, Volleyball, Art

  James A. Michener (2014). “Sports in America”, p.601, Dial Press

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• Dhoni is one of the greatest captain I have ever seen

  Sourav Ganguly

  Dhoni

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• This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Titles, Pipers

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• Now, let's see how you fare against the Flying Dutchman and her vile captain, Davy Jones!

  Davy Jones

  Flying

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• We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not comprised. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed. And should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — “Shall I speak for thee to the King or the Captain of the host?” — we should reply with the Shunamite woman: “Nay, Sir, for we dwell among our own people.”

  Winston Churchill

  Kings, Europe, People

  "Winston S. Churchill: Companion Vol. V, Part Three, the Coming of War 1936-1939".

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• Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

  Terry Pratchett

  Long Ago, Pirate, Dying

  "The Colour of Magic". Book by ‎Terry Pratchett, 1983.

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• Most men do not feel in themselves the competence required for leading their group to victory, and therefore seek out a captain who appears to possess the courage and sagacity necessary for the achievement of supremacy. Even in religion this impulse appears. Nietzsche accused Christianity of inculcating a slave-morality, but ultimate triumph was always the goal. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Bertrand Russell

  Blessed, Men, Goal

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.29, Routledge

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• That's my No. 1 goal. I want to be part of (captain) Tom Lehman 's team.

  Fred Funk

  Team, Goal, Want

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• Excellent." Captain nods. "Cabel. What's your job?" Watching in agony, sir." Captain suppressed a smile. "I'd make you stay home if I didn't know you'd sneak out, anyway. while you are watching in agony, feel free to take note of anyone who comes or goes that's not on the list.

  Lisa McMann

  Jobs, Home, Agony

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• There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it.

  William S. Burroughs

  Government, Law, Cities

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader”, p.416, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• In high school, my sister went out with the captain of the chess team. My parents loved him... They figured that any guy that took hours to make a move was okay with them.

  Brian Kiley

  Team, Moving, School

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• I'd like to go back and revisit the Flash/Captain Cold relationship, because that to me has been the heart of it all along. My impression is that The Flash is a show about a boy's journey into manhood. For the Flash character, there is a variety of male models presented to him, and Captain Cold is one of them.

  Wentworth Miller

  Heart, Character, Boys

  "Legends Of Tomorrow: Wentworth Miller On Whether Captain Cold Is A Hero". Interview with Terri Schwartz, www.ign.com. January 16, 2016.

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• The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true and perfect symbol of the universe.And it is the one most accurate symbol of you.Spread your arms in an embrace, throw your head back, and prepare to receive and send coordinates of being. For, at last you know—you are the navigator, the captain, and the ship.

  Vera Nazarian

  Stars, Numbers, Perfect

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• The Christian world, I discovered, was like the captain and crew of a vessel on the ocean without a compass, and tossed to and fro whithersoever the wind listed to blow them. When the light came to me, I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness

  Brigham Young

  Christian, Ocean, Blow

  Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”, p.73

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• Managers think of themselves as captains of a ship on a stormy sea. Risk for them is danger, but they are fighting it, very controlled.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Business, Fighting, Thinking

  "Daniel Kahneman: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with Michael Schrage, www.strategy-business.com. 2003.

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• Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Army, Men, People

  "Précis des guerres de César, écrit à Sainte-Hélène sous la dictée de l'empereur" edited by Comte Marchand, (p. 237), 1836.

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• I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized on this earth, capable of becoming master of his fate and captain of his soul.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Religious, Ignorance, Fate

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• The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He struck for Redwall! He struck against evil! He struck for Martin! He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews! He struck for dead Guosim! He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to! He struck against Cluny the Scourge and tyranny! He struck out against Captain Snow's ridicule! He struck for the world of light and freedom! He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them!

  Brian Jacques

  Eye, Light, Snow

  Brian Jacques (1990). “Redwall”

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• Christians, hasten to help your brothers in the East, for they are being attacked. Arm for the rescue of Jerusalem under your captain Christ. Wear his cross as your badge. If you are killed your sins will be pardoned.

  Pope Urban II

  Christian, Brother, Arms

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• A boat can't have two captains.

  Akira Mori

  Two, Management, Boat

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• And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

  Terry Pratchett

  Magic, Doe, Knows

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• Ever since Sourav became the captain, I do not feel like a youngster in the team any more. Everybody is treated equally and Sourav himself is extremely approachable and a pillar of strength. Sourav stood by me when I was struggling. I owe a great deal to him for standing by me at the most important time. I can't express my gratitude to him in words.

  Harbhajan Singh

  Gratitude, Team, Struggle

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