"The greatest gifts my parents gave to..." - Quote by Colin Powell
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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“Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.”
“Trump has no sense of shame.”
“I went to graduate school as a lieutenant colonel after I had been in the army for 12 or 13 years. I learned so much from all the great management theorists. It gave me a greater understanding of my army experience and showed me the gaps in my knowledge.”
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“I'll remember the view out this window [from Oval Cabinet], because this is where we had our - the playground that we put in when Malia and Sasha came in. Being able every once in awhile to look out the window and see your daughters during the summer, swinging on that swing set, that made the presidency a little bit sweeter.”
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
“Music was just played all around me, and I couldn't run from it. My pops, he never learned to sing, but he'd have his little drink on the side, and he'd put on the best of his hits - gangster rap or oldies - and he'd sing all day on his mic plugged up to the wall set-up. It's a trip. I've just seen that my whole life, so I've always just had a love for music. By the time I was 13, I really just jumped in it. And it's something I took on to have as a hobby.”
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“Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?”
“Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.”
“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”