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• Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our initiative attacks; then it develops according to its inner logic, passes its climax, seeks its cadence, ends, and restores silence, leisure again. Action and leisure are thus interdependent; echoing and recalling each other, so that action enlivens leisure with its memories and anticipations, and leisure expands and raises action beyond its mere immediate self and gives it a permanent meaning.

  Salvador de Madariaga

  Memories, Self, Giving

  Salvador de Madariaga (1954). “Essays with a Purpose”

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• Deal with just the basic fact: we will never have enough money for lawyers for poor people. So one of our major initiatives has been to develop new technologies that can help people without a lawyer navigate the legal system, and help sort the cases that really need to have a lawyer from those where an individual with some help online, may be able to manage by him or herself.

  Martha Minow

  Technology, People, Helping

  Source: to.pbs.org

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• We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings.

  John W. Snow

  President, Saving, Transformation

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• The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.

  Corliss Lamont

  Creative, Genuine, Effects

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• All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. In these sentences that you show me, I can find no beauty, for I see death in every clause and every word. There is a fossil or a mummy character which pervades this book. The best sepulchers, the vastest catacombs, Thebes and Cairo, Pyramids, are sepulchers to me. I like gardens and nurseries. Give me initiative, spermatic, prophesying, man-making words.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Writing, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.171, Courier Corporation

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• Purpose is not an add-on, it’s not an initiative. It is a culture change and it never finishes

  Richard Branson

  Add, Culture, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Jan 23, 2015

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• The end and goal of any society as it addresses the problem of education is to raise the ability, the initiative and the cultural level, and with all these the survival level of that society.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Goal, Survival, Levels

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• Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.

  Bill Bright

  Successful, Leaving, Spirit

  Bill Bright (1994). “The Christian and Witnessing: Bringing Words of Hope to the World Around You : Step 7”, New Life Publications

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• Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

  Seth Godin

  Excellence, Extras, Hard

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.27, Penguin

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• Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

  Seth Godin

  Privilege

  Seth Godin (2012). “V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone”, p.26, Penguin

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• An initiative was essentially led by civil society because the policy of the government was that Africans must not be taught to graze in pastures which were reserved for the main white group.

  Nelson Mandela

  Government, White, Groups

  Source: www.mott.org

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• The Catholic community, with many others, has long worked for this new commitment on global health and debt relief (President George W. Bushs proposed $15 billion Global AIDS initiative). I hope that Congress will now appropriate the money needed to make this legislation a reality, and that the U.S. government will press for strengthening the debt relief program along the lines proposed by this legislation.

  John Ricard

  Commitment, Reality, Government

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• I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people.

  Jim Wallis

  People, President, Desire

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• I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

  Jay Sekulow

  Faith, Religious, Thinking

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• It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to the terrorists have been factors in that success.

  Roger Wicker

  Success, Country, Fighting

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• Every liberal initiative, from welfare to antismoking measures, is justified by reference to 'the children.' Yet the clear result of liberal policies is to harm children even more than adults.

  Mona Charen

  Children, Adults, Justified

  Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel

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• But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks.

  Bulent Ecevit

  Country, Europe, Turkeys

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• A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has become urgent since California voters rejected several tax-hiking ballot initiatives. Rather than taking the vote as a signal to dramatically curtail spending, the state turned to the feds. If they get a free pass, the politicians can avoid fixing any of their past mistakes or preparing California for the future.

  Peter Schiff

  Mistake, Cutting, Past

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• Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government, regardless of the cost; on the other, those who want less government, regardless of the need....Government has a role, and an important role. Yet, too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy....Government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.

  George W. Bush

  Hard Work, Tired, Years

  Address to Joint Session of Congress, delivered 27 February 2001

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• I think that people still naturally want to be part of a team and participate in the success and achievement of a group effort. So we tend to be enthusiastic and productive - and even loyal. I believe that there are very few people who purposefully try to undermine the efforts of their organization. When people do act against the objectives of a change initiative, it's often because they genuinely believe it's not the right thing for the company to do. You could argue that it's a form of misguided loyalty.

  James A. Champy

  Loyalty, Team, Believe

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• The characteristic mark of this age of dictators, wars and revolutions is its anticapitalistic bias. Most governments and political parties were eager to restrict the sphere of private initiative and free enterprise.

  Ludwig von Mises

  War, Party, Government

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.480, VM eBooks

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• If more girls are educated, all of India stands to gain. The Girl Rising campaign aims to address that through various innovative initiatives that will not only help create awareness but also create a tangible platform to effect change.

  Priyanka Chopra

  Girl, India, Campaigns

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• The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Men, Life Is, He Man

  "In-laws and Outlaws". Book by C. Northcote Parkinson, 1962.

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• Each year, members of Canada’s Ukrainian community, Parliamentarians and others commemorate the Holodomor at gatherings across the country. In doing so, we honour the memory of those who perished and the legacy of those who survived, including many who found refuge in Canada. It is by remembering the tragedies and atrocities of the past that we can equip ourselves to prevent them from happening again. That is why this national tour, which will reach Canadians of all ages and backgrounds, is an important initiative

  Jason Kenney

  Country, Memories, Past

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• The term ‘reconciliation’ describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself.

  Geerhardus Vos

  Atonement, Term, Reconciliation

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