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I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign.
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
So many people have touched my heart and made an impact on my world. I'm thankful for every lesson and learning experience.
The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
I think the greatest lesson that power has to teach us is, once you've had it, once you are a part of it, you're never free.
I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.
Let us reflect on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state-sanctioned discrimination never looks good in hindsight.
I can go into any working circumstance and, simply, I'm prepared to deal with the work. It was a long, hard lesson I learned.
The most important lesson is to never get comfortable; always come up with new ideas; learn something new; try something new.
A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.
I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.
I don't want to step on the DP's toes. That's the first lesson I learned when I started directing with other cinematographers.
I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story.
The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I'd say things I shouldn't have. So I learned my lesson.
Strangely, I have a huge aversion to movies that try to teach healthy people an abusive lesson about the darkness in the world.
The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.
You can work through most things and come out on the other side feeling like you've learned a good lesson and you'll get better.
Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.
We have taught Iran's leaders and the world a very bad lesson: that there is a price on the head of Americans to be held hostage.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson.
I don't believe losing my unbeaten record has delayed me in my ambitions. I believe it was just a hard lesson learned and that's it.
I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't control. That's a really good lesson in life.
The big lesson of planetary science is when you do a first reconnaissance of a new kind of object, you should expect the unexpected.
I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who are way better than me.
It's such a great lesson for young players in this league that winning is the most important thing, and that's what Dwyane embodies.
The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.
I think it's what's best for that kid. Are you going to teach that kid a lesson for 10 years down the road by suspending him a game?
Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.
When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.
Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive.
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.
The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.
The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that decision.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.
I think my lesson is to back yourself once you've been given a job. Far too often, I've been given a job and then doubted why I'm there.
A critical lesson I learned is that we have to make sure all our employees, particularly new hires, have a full immersion in our culture.
In Asia, we live within our means. So when we are poor, we live as poor people. I think that is a lesson that Europe can learn from Asia.
Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.