#leading

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. ↗

— J. F. C. Fuller

#army #battalion #boxes #chain #commander

You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control. ↗

— Jeff Gordon

#constant #control #give #god #just

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#doctor #i #lawyer #leading #leading man

In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#anymore #because #character #character actor #doors

But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

#christian religion #even #few #hidden #meaning

While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being left in absolute poverty. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

#africa #america #ample #asia #being

Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#after #critical #especially #get #going

We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#edge #first #flights #inspection #leading

You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did. ↗

— Werner Klemperer

#being #cast #did #difficult #expect

It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. ↗

— Fletcher Knebel

#causes #doubt #leading #now #proved