#derives

The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior. ↗

— Bruce Henderson

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Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ask #bear #derives #expectation #fact

Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration. ↗

— James Connolly

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The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and the monetary union as Germany. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ↗

— Confucius

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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. ↗

— Ville Valo

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Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred. ↗

— Yousef Munayyer

#fear #great #hatred #humility #just

Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

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Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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