#command

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a wayfarer. ↗

— Prophet Muhammad

#command #directive #hadeeth #hadith #inspirational

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

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The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. ↗

— Roger Babson

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Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you'd written The Man with the Golden Arm score. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

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Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates. ↗

— Arleigh Burke

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When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ↗

— George Washington Carver

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The boys are in such a mood that if someone introduced the Ten Commandments, they'd cut them down to seven. ↗

— Norris Cotton

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I think Democrats keep the commandments of the Lord more. ↗

— Lincoln Davis

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Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

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