Firm Quotes - Page 11

• I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.

  Amber Heard

  Amber, Body, Want

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• I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

  George Hickenlooper

  Humble, Humility, Keys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Anchors, Want Something, People

  "Leader of Mormon Church Looks to Future". Interview, articles.latimes.com. March 8, 1997.

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• Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.

  David Hume

  Vivid Imagination, Able, Belief

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2000). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition”, p.39, Oxford University Press

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• I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

  Bo Jackson

  Sports, Needs, Way

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• There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

  Andrea Jung

  Friday, Monday, Morning

  "Avon CEO Andrea Jung's advice: Reinvent yourself". ABC NEWS interview, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2009.

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• What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Men, Equal Pay, Hands

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• You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat!

  Jack LaLanne

  Sports, Exercise, Tape

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• I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty.

  Frank Langella

  Honesty, Believer, Absolutes

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• Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

  Maya Lin

  Artist, Want, Tiny

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• I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hope, Country, Wrecks

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.24, Wildside Press LLC

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• Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Spring, Order, Essence

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1975). “GIFT FROM THE SEA”

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• Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Strong, Ascending, Today

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.398, Delphi Classics

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• I am a firm believer that God has already ordered the things that have taken place in my life...and I'm just learning to follow the path he's laid before me.

  Monica Denise Brown

  Taken, Path, Believer

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• Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.

  Malcolm X

  Intelligent, Reality, Men

  Letter written following his Hajj, 1964.

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• As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Years, Victory, Foundation

  Thabo Mbeki's State of the Nation speech in Cape Town, South Africa, www.iol.co.za. February 11, 2005.

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• I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. There's a reason why they're sometimes called fairy lights. When the night is right, there aren't any strings at all.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Home, Night, Light

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Strong, Commitment, Differences

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• You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

  Brittany Murphy

  Matter, Proof, Believer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

  Elon Musk

  Real, Law, Support

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, People, Theory

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• The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, War, Fighting

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• With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Determination, Jobs

  "Obama Tells Congressional Black Caucus To 'Stop Grumbling'" by Zeke Miller, www.businessinsider.com. September 25, 2011.

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• And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Believe

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. August 25, 2008.

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• Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

  David Ogilvy

  Enemy, Merit, Disability

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