Pursue Quotes - Page 29

• Pursue excellence; ignore success.

  Deepak Chopra

  Excellence

  Twitter post from Apr 12, 2017

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• We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Mean, Order, Church

  Letter to Comrade Molotov for the Politburo, March 19, 1922.

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• President Vladimir Putin continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past and he has signed recently, we, the United States, and Europe as a whole, have to stand with Ukraine at this moment. Ukraine needs our financial assistance and support as it pursues reforms and even in the face, in the face of this military onslaught.

  Joe Biden

  Country, Peace, Military

  "Putin's 'little green men' aiding Ukrainian separatists, says Biden", www.foxnews.com. February 06, 2015.

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• Any man who pursues for peace is a remarkable man!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Peace, Men, Remarkable

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• We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Teacher, Community, Needs

  "The Global Search for Education: What Is the Fourth Way?". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2013.

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• I will pursue my passion of cooking every day until my hands fall off and I lose all sense of smell and taste.

  Nicole Trunfio

  Fall, Passion, Hands

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• When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

  Mike Pence

  Opportunity, People, Get Better

  "Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Michigan's ban on race-based college admissions; Gov. Pence talks gun control, Ukraine, political future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2014.

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• I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport.

  Matt Lindland

  Sports, Winning, Mma

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I feel very blessed to have had the opportunities that have already come. I want to pursue it as long as I can find characters that resonate with me and projects that resonate with me. I feel very comfortable in that world.

  Sharlto Copley

  Blessed, Character, Opportunity

  Source: collider.com

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• It's a good time for me to pursue acting, I suppose since I'm enjoying having another medium in which to express myself. I've been getting a great response to my work.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Acting, Good Times, Enjoy

  "Lenny Kravitz: The ‘Precious’ Interview With Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Growing Up, School, Kids

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• It's very important to distinguish between innocence and naivete. The innocent do not deserve to be the victims of violence. But only the naive refuse to think about the origins of violence and to pursue the possibility that the genesis of that hatred could be addressed.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Thinking, Hatred, Important

  Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. May 24, 2002.

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• I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers.

  Hoodie Allen

  Artist, Careers, Able

  Source: www.controltheriot.co.uk

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• I don't regret anything. I feel like I've made what I would call mistakes. I picked the wrong movie, or I didn't pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.

  Al Pacino

  Regret, Mistake, Character

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• The philosophy of science is inherent in the process. This is to say, you think critically, you draw a conclusion based on evidence, but we all pursue discovery based on our observations. That's where science starts.

  Bill Nye

  Philosophy, Thinking, Discovery

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• I'm not classically pretty; I've always been too heavy; I've had thyroid disease and it's very hard for me to lose weight - but I've always had men pursue me. I've always had that 'it' thing. God knows why. Maybe it's pheromones, I don't know.

  Erica Jong

  Men, Pheromones, Weight

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• The great danger of the new media is that it seems to relish the superficial. There has been an ethos within the Church for many years to pursue an accommodationist strategy in regards to the culture, and this has resulted in a public presentation of the Faith that is often nebulous or "dumbed down."

  Robert Barron

  Media, Ethos, Years

  Source: brandonvogt.com

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• Ultimately when you have the perspective of why you're competing and what you're trying to pursue, the rest just falls into place.

  David Boudia

  Fall, Perspective, Trying

  "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. 2012.

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• Always pursue your dreams and work hard at it.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Dream, Hard Work, Pursue Your Dreams

  "Georges St-Pierre On Training". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. April 29, 2011.

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• I hope to inspire everyone - especially young people, women, and young girls all over the world, and in Middle Eastern countries that do not provide women with the same opportunities as men - to not give up their dreams and to pursue them.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Girl, Country, Dream

  "Interview with Anousheh Ansari, the First Female Space Tourist". Interview with Sara Goudarzi, www.space.com. September 15, 2006.

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• If you, as CEO, have recognized an approach as being the right one, you have to pursue it consistently, even if some people disagree. But it is now clear to everyone that we, as an automaker, have no alternative but to take [environmental protection] course.

  Norbert Reithofer

  People, Environmental, Alternatives

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It's such a huge endeavor putting a full movie together, especially an independent movie. I tend to kind of do them when they come my way more than something than I go out and actively pursue.

  Tom Green

  Independent, Together, Way

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.

  Henry Rollins

  People, Hours, Ready

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• It doesn't matter how many pairs of shoes you have, how many cars you have, etc.... It's all utterly meaningless and yet we continue to pursue this. Why? Because they've learned they can stimulate our primal desires through selling us products.

  Russell Brand

  Shoes, Car, Desire

  "Russell Brand On Set Interview GET HIM TO THE GREEK – Read or Listen Here". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 15, 2010.

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• A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.

  Robert O. Paxton

  Party, Goal, Political

  Robert O. Paxton (2011). “The Anatomy of Fascism”, p.372, Penguin UK

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