#leading

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift. ↗

— James Wolcott

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Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

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I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture. ↗

— John Hawkes

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It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way. ↗

— Colin Hay

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So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

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When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. ↗

— Maude Adams

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The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses. ↗

— Kit Bond

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I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

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