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Sting Inspirational Quotes (189)

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I've been the lowest low on the planet, I've been a sinner all my days. And I was living with my hands on the trigger, I had no sense to change my ways.
Sting
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The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.
Reed Hastings
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The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't. The minute you start arming people in these conflict zones, like Iraq and Afghanistan, things don't go as expected.
Michael Hastings
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An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not to focus on the Taliban but on manipulating senators into giving more funds and troops [to the war].
Michael Hastings
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Takes more than combat boots to make a man.
Sting
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Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.
Sting
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We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.
Doc Hastings
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I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.
Sting
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Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.
Reed Hastings
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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
Reed Hastings
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I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.
Sting
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Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.
Reed Hastings
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How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?
Sting
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But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
Reed Hastings
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Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.
Reed Hastings
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The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
Alcee Hastings
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A gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say.
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I had a recurring fantasy in which I took (Rudy Giuliani) out during a press conference (it was nonlethal, just something that put him out of commission for a year or so), saving America from the horror of a President Giuliani. If that sounds like I had some trouble being 'objective,' I did.
Michael Hastings
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Turn the clock to zero, honey, we're starting up a brand new day.
Sting
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I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.
Reed Hastings
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When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.
Leon Festinger
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About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.
Reed Hastings
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A soldier in Iraq said that he wanted to punch Donald Rumsfeld in the gut, then in the face or something like that. He wanted me to use his name, but I knew he'd get in trouble, so I didn't. However, I felt it was a great quote because it summed up the frustration of those guys at that moment.
Michael Hastings
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Every ripple on the ocean, every leaf on every tree, every sand dune in the desert, every power we never see.
Sting
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