#initiative

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. ↗

— Stephen Covey

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My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning. ↗

— John Grierson

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Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender. ↗

— Douglas Haig

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The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

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The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

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A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. ↗

— Bill Maher

#disorder #faith-based #flying #i #i think

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. ↗

— George Soros

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