#commanding

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

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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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He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher. ↗

— Glenn Ford

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I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. ↗

— Daniel Boone

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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

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I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general. ↗

— Alfred M. Gray

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And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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I like to look strong and commanding. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

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So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him. ↗

— Will Durant

#commanding-nature #eternal-recurrence #history #history-repeating-itself #science

It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders. ↗

— John H. Morgan

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