I read. It affects every decision that I make. Every dollar that I spend, every dollar that I make.

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Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all. — John Wooden

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A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo. - Matt Berninger

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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

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Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.

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What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

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You can ask anybody in the room. My numbers are the worst in here but I'm still a jerk to everybody, yelling at everybody, getting them going. Once I get it back, then I'll be even worse to the guys. - Billy Koch

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There's a knee jerk reaction in Washington when something isn't perfect to just add more money, add more personnel, it'll all be OK. That's not true, especially with complex issues like veterans health care. - Dan Crenshaw

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Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.

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