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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. ↗

— Colin Powell

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So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. ↗

— Colin Powell

#any #basketball #believe #coach #football

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' ↗

— Colin Powell

#bipartisanship #ever #everybody #finally #gee

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ↗

— Anthony Powell

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I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything. ↗

— Asafa Powell

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. ↗

— Colin Powell

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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. ↗

— Colin Powell

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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. ↗

— Colin Powell

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Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ↗

— Colin Powell

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Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' ↗

— Colin Powell

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