Charisma Quotes - Page 5

• There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

  Drew Brees

  Successful, Common Threads, Nfl

  "A Half Dozen Questions for Drew Brees". Interview with John B. Thompson, www.gq.com. April 23, 2010.

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• I try to hold my charisma in check.

  George H. W. Bush

  Trying, Checks

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• I have no natural charisma or personality, really.

  Daniel Bryan

  Personality, Natural

  Source: www.ign.com

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• Wordsworth's particular grace, his charisma, as theologians say, has been granted in equal measure to so very few men since time was--to Plato and who else?
  The crucial thing is never what we do, but always what we do right after that. What matters is always the next step!

  Robert Musil

  Plato, Men, What Matters

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• Jim Rohn is the master motivator - he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference and it sticks. I consider Jim the 'Chairman of Speakers.' The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend, Jim Rohn.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Differences, Style, Making A Difference

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• Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

  Patrick Ness

  Bully, Annoyed, One Day

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• [Donald Trump] is a man known for a large personality, a colorful style and lots of charisma. And so I guess he was just looking for some balance on the ticket.

  Mike Pence

  Men, Personality, Style

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers.

  Alonso Duralde

  Strong, Hero, Fighting

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• You always knew when Seve walked in a room even if you had your back to him. He oozed charisma and brought a whole new meaning to aura.

  Lee Westwood

  Auras, Rooms, Whole

  "From Seve to D'Oliveira: The sportsmen and women we lost in 2011" by Lee Westwood, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2011.

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• If charisma were rain, Blackman would be a desert.

  Jerry Lawler

  Rain, Wwe, Would Be

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• With all his greatness and accomplishments on the guitar, Dime will be missed more for his giving personality, charisma, caring for others, love and most of all his heart. Twice as big as the state of Texas. Dime gave it all every day to each and every one of us and our lives have forever been hollowed without him… Thanks to all of you for reaching out to us in this time of our immeasurable loss. Rest in peace brother Dime.

  Vinnie Paul

  Brother, Rest In Peace, Heart

  "Damageplan Drummer Issues Statement". www.nme.com. December 11, 2004.

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• Charisma's good every night. Something special is always about to happen. You've got to believe it.

  Jim Thome

  Believe, Night, Special

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton drawer, retrieved a pair of Nighthawk binoculars, fixed the scopes on him, and fiddled with the focus. Gotcha. Hair the colour of coal. Chocolate brown eyes. A five-o'clock shadow ringing his craggy jawline. Handsome as the day was long... He sauntered towards her, oozing charisma from every pore. Charlee forgot to breathe. And then he committed the gravest sin of all, knocking her world helter-skelter. The scoundrel smiled.

  Lori Wilde

  Eye, Marine, Hair

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• Walter Mondale has all the charisma of a speed bump.

  Will Durst

  Bumps, Politics, Speed

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• It was my duty to give them the best show possible. Say you've got a timid little preacher in North Carolina or somewhere. He'll bring in visiting evangelists to keep his church going. We'd come in and hit the crowd up and we were superstars. It's the charisma of the evangelist that the audience believes in and comes to see.

  Marjoe Gortner

  Believe, Giving, Atheism

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• My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative.

  John Boyega

  Dad, Ark, Stories

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

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• Charisma will sustain a relationship only in the way that strong coffee first thing in the morning will sustain a career.

  Elliot Perlman

  Strong, Morning, Coffee

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• A panel at a beautiful annual literary festival in Brazil, held in the almost Utopian coastal town of Parati, found me matched with Fernando Gabeira. This comparison reduced my own limited charisma value to something like zero: Gabeira has excelled at every cultural activity in Brazil.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Love, Beautiful, Zero

  "Terrorists Ain't What They Used To Be" by Christopher Hitchens, www.slate.com. August 15, 2006.

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• I don't think I have charisma. I don't think that someone will yell 'Wow, he's charismatic' when I'm eating in a restaurant.

  Jay Park

  Thinking, Wow, Eating

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• For the first 10 minutes after you meet them, they have the wattage and charisma of movie stars. Then you have a coffee with them and you realize we're all the same, we're all just people. All of the actors in The Avengers are so nice. Marvel has these code names for projects and the code name for The Avengers was Group Hug. It felt very much like a group hug on set.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Stars, Nice, Coffee

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• When I wasn't sure what the word "charisma" meant, I met Steve Jobs, and then I knew.

  Larry Tesler

  Jobs, Mets

  "The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires". Documentary, 1996.

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• I did not feel - in President [J.F.] Kennedy's words - that we could win the war for [the government in Saigon]. When I sought the reason for the dedication shown by the enemy, it seemed to me that the leadership and charisma shown by Ho Chi Minh was a major part of the answer.

  William J. Duiker

  War, Winning, Dedication

  Source: www.sonshi.com

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• Research has shown that one's level of intelligence is the single most predictive component of professional success - better than any other ability, trait, or even job experience. Yet, too often, employees are selected because of their likeability, presence, or charisma.

  Justin Menkes

  Employee, Ability, Traits

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Inspiration, Creativity, Risk

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• The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee.

  LL Cool J

  Want, Handsome, Actors

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