"Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give."

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Douglas Conant

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“I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.”
“I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. Youâ€™ve got to live like that. Otherwise whatâ€™s the point? Itâ€™s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, itâ€™s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.”
“There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.”
“Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness.”
“Tell me Zach.â€ I donâ€™t know if it was the wind or the adrenaline, but I shivered. â€œAnd donâ€™t lie to me.”
“Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.”
“Alzheimer's is a family disease...It requires countless hours of care, which are typically provided by family caregivers...Wi thout professional help, it can be impossible to juggle providing that care with jobs, raising kids or just time for yourself.”
“To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual,or transgender-let me say- you are not alone. You're struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is a shared struggle. Today, I stand with you. And I call upon all countries and people, to stand with you too.A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.The time has come.”

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