#accomplishment

The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#big #biography #career #getting #had

Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison. ↗

— James Forrestal

#aims #antidote #been #fact #greatly

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#effectively #great #his #how #idiosyncrasies

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#awareness #caucus #child #communities #enforcement

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#america #because #came #clothes #community

My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#absolutely #accomplishment #date #important #keep

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#be yourself #constantly #else #greatest #make

I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#approach #clarity #core #course #deal

Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#certainly #great #i #i think #important

Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#being #degree #getting #like #me