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" Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete. "

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" We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives. "

" It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone. "

" The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe. "

" You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us. "

" Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers. "

" TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product. "

" The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks. "

" Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy. "

" Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation. "

" Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental. "

" Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty. "

" In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we. "

" If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears. "

" There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. "

" The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics. "

" Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves. "

" There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction. "

" I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors. "

" Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason? "

" Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care. "

" Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is. "

" Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse. "

" There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak. "

" All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does. "

" Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them. "

" We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered. "

" The lives we live are a bit of a straight-hair vs. curly-hair thing. We often want what we don't have. In reality, it's not about better or worse; it's just perception. "

" Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful. "

" Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second. "

" It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else. "