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• You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.

  Barack Obama

  Done, Just Listen

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 3, 2009.

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• Power is just using energy in a wise way to get things done. Power has been misinterpreted to mean getting my way on the backs of other people. Getting whatever I want, forgetting that there are other beings and species and energies involved.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Wise, Mean, People

  "Modern Feminism & Spirituality". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.eomega.org. May 8, 2012.

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• Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.

  Max Barry

  Simple, People, Use

  Max Barry (2003). “Jennifer Government: A Novel”, Vintage

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• The thing done avails, and not what is said about it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Done, Said

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.162

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• Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their name.

  Emma Goldman

  Teaching, Names, Atheism

  Emma Goldman (1913). “Victims of Morality, and The Failure of Christianity: Two Lectures”

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• The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done.

  George W. Bush

  Done, Contests, Presidency

  George W. Bush at the second Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri, edition.cnn.com. October 9, 2004.

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• Though the views of members of the House and Senate are as divergent as the people we represent, we bear the responsibility to work through our political differences and get things done. That's our job.

  Martha Roby

  Jobs, Responsibility, Political Differences

  "Bipartisan test awaits new Congress" by Martha Roby, www.politico.com. November 13, 2012.

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• Sentimentalists are they who seek to enjoy without incurring the Immense Debtorship for a thing done.

  George Meredith

  Done, Enjoy, Immense

  George Meredith (1922). “The Complete Works of George Meredith”, p.473, Library of Alexandria

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• Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done.

  Chris Christie

  Working Together, President, Done

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• An order then should always be given not as a personal matter, not because the man giving it wants the thing done, but because it is the demand of the situation. And an order of this kind carries weight because it is the demand of the situation.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Leadership, Men, Order

  Mary Parker Follett (2013). “Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization”, p.23, Routledge

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• Panic is efficient. Panic is effective. Panic is the way I get things done! Panic attacks are my booster rockets!

  Sandra Tsing Loh

  Anxiety, Done, Panic Attacks

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• I think that the important thing to know is, which is great about this country [the USA], when it comes to domestic issues, we all battle it out and fight it between the parties and all those kind of things to get things done, but when it comes to foreign issues, overseas kind of things, then we all speak with one voice.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Country, Party, Fighting

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• [In] 2010, Woody Allen said that he felt Barack Obama should be a dictator so that he could get things done, and the first thing obviously that Woody Allen wanted done is to make it legal to have sex with stepdaughters.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Sex, Firsts, Done

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• A lot of great thinkers- like Einstein and Newton- come up with their best ideas when they're young because they don't yet think in the way that the establishment teaches them. Sometimes your lack of knowledge frees your mind to be creative and think in a different way. But you still have to be logical and figure out a practical way to get things done, even though you're looking at things differently.

  George Lucas

  Thinking, Ideas, Creative

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done!

  Seth Godin

  Dark, Done, Boxes

  Interview with Bryan Hutchinson, positivewriter.com.

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• When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.

  Wendy Davis

  Strong, Done, Levels

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• A committee of three gets things done if two dont show up.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Two, Three, Done

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• Simply stated, power is the ability to get things done.

  Pat Heim

  Power, Done, Ability

  Pat Heim, Tammy Hughes, Susan K. Golant (2015). “Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business: Third Edition”, p.117, Penguin

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• Passion isn't always available. The committed get things done even without it.

  Ron Kaufman

  Passion, Service Culture, Done

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• Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.

  Stephen Covey

  Believe, Views, Voice

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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• Hardworking families can no longer afford to wait for a Congress that gridlocks on ideology. I look forward to working with my colleagues from both parties to get things done.

  Kyrsten Sinema

  Party, Waiting, Looks

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• Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast.

  Susan Wojcicki

  Smart, Moving, Done

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• Management is the art of getting things done through people.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Art, People, Done

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• Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

  Brian Tracy

  People, Important, Done

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• The more we can encourage entrepreneurship, particularly for young people, the more they have hope. That requires some reforms in these [African] governments: rooting out corruption, increased transparency and how government operates, making sure that regulations are not designed just to advantage elites, but are allowing people who have a good idea to get out there and get things done.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Ideas, People

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