If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.
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ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself. LAUREN MILLER You own the first day of your life. You own the last. And you own everything in between. KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the hea... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG He's a young guy. We've got to go out there and make things difficult for him, ... If our defensive ... DAYLON MCCUTCHEON I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away. MICHELLE ROWEN Don't Just Let it Happen, Make it Happen! JUAN A. JIMENEZ Be an initiator of change. Keep improving... To change is to improve; to become excellent is to keep... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If they took the 55th Brigade away, I'm sure we will probably see a number of units shift around. If... CAPT. CORY ANGELL If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then l... RICHARD BRANSON Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. GINA GREENLEE The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up... JANIS KARPINSKI Stop complaining and start doing KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN Be bold. If you are going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. BILLIE JEAN KING If anything is going to get around a quota, it is those big projects. What is not going to make it i... JEAN PREWITT Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactl... DAVID NICHOLLS Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depe... RACHEL BILSON How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen. T-PAIN If you run into a brick wall, go over it, under it or around it. It doesn't make sense to keep tryin... CELESTINE L. GRAY It is really amazing to be a brigade champ. With all the plaques on the wall, it makes you realize w... GREG WATTEN If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, t... JOHN P. KOTTER No one will ever blame you for trying to get it right. LORII MYERS I think he's going to be a very valuable person, especially when we get in the red zone. You got a g... BEN ROETHLISBERGER Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Take a chance of your life, you're risking nothing in this planet. NAZIM AMBALATH Maybe the only way to make the life I'd been wishing for a reality was to do something big. If desti... EILEEN COOK Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become. ANGELINA JOLIE Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If ... JOHN H. JOHNSON There’s no need to sharpen your pencils any more. Even the dull ones can make a mark. ZE FRANK Sparky was found on all fours by the farmer, and three of us tried for a time to manipulate him up, ... CHRIS HEAD When you started thinking your going to make a mistake, you've talked yourself into making it. TIM THOMPSON When the truth is told, you stand face-to-face with a choice: accept the truth or run away from it. ... RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO We lost our best hitter, it will make it harder and make players step up to make up for her being go... LEON PALATAS I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave dec... JIMMY HILL You might get a guy with his head down and it's his own fault that he gets knocked out cold. You wan... CAM BROWN It was a close pitch. (Thome) spit on it, it may have been a little low, but it's borderline. But st... A.J. BURNETT If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you. JON HUERTAS Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Our game plan was to come out running, make them commit, and that's what happened. It almost turned ... COREY NAKATANI For making the ice, we made sure we have allowed ourselves enough time so that we are not going to g... DAN CRAIG A fact is like a sack -- it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put... LUIGI PIRANDELLO A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to pu... LUIGI PIRANDELLO A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put ... LUIGI PIRANDELLO When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before t... ANDY WARHOL I've been coming here from Atlanta since I was a baby, and my favorite thing to do was walk around t... CHRIS WATSON Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life. LORII MYERS Extend your "best before" date by living a youthful life. LORII MYERS As a leader, you will see things you may never like to see; yours is to correct those things so that... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I was going to make him proud of the man I would become. I was finally going to chart my own course,... EMORY R. FRIE Dream big, then bring your arms around it. There are always ways to make a house more than it can be... HAL DAVIS Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball... BILLIE JEAN KING A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have... LUIGI PIRANDELLO If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your... GARY MCCORD It's like a football team that doesn't know how to block and tackle. It doesn't make much sense to s... BOB SWAN I started going to the open mics every day in 2003. You make the comics laugh, they get you work, an... ERIK GRIFFIN Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. BILLIE JEAN KING Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK He puts the puck into areas where he knows guys are going to fish at it, and then when they go to fi... JASON WILLIAMS If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a s... TINIE TEMPAH The big relationships you make in your life are with those that you love and if things do go wrong t... MICHAEL MORPURGO We don't have a choice, ... The streets need to be paved. And it doesn't make sense to pay for new m... JAMES ROTH I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I sho... DARIO FO He told me to steal the tip. I looked at his feet (the Jackets' Thompson) and knew he was going to t... DANNY SANDERS People think that you have to do something huge, like go to Africa and build a school, but you can m... HODA KOTB It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I'm just trying to improve myself and go forward in my career ... GREG OWEN To a certain point I feel like competitively I've done it all, looking back on everything with a smi... JEREMY BLOOM I think you have to know what difference you're going to make when you go somewhere, and then you've... ROYAL GALIPEAU Never be complacent about the current steps; don't agree and follow the status quo. Be determined th... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You've got [defensive tackle] Kelly Gregg in there too, and that gives you two guys that can anchor ... REX RYAN It started with the leadoff walk to Cora and the walk to Damon. Those two are things you can't do ag... MIKE SCIOSCIA Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen. WILLIAM MASTERS Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand ther... LEE IACOCCA You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on ... JOHN LENNON A dog – a collie – went up to Eric, looked up at his face, and growled. “Shoo,” Eric s... CHARLAINE HARRIS Where ever you plan to go, then move, what ever you you plan to do, get it done. Never stand still, ... NICK OHARA If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the p... JEROME LAWRENCE Just attack and make the play. I was able to get by my guy, and my first thought was get to the bask... ANTHONY MAESTRANZI You have to work harder to achieve your goals LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Failure is not the final fall. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH [The quarterbacks and receivers are so complimentary of each other nowadays, it's pretty scary.] If ... ANTHONY RUSSO Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhe... LOGAN GREEN failure in leadership ... from the brigade commander on down. ANTONIO TAGUBA I wish he had taken that cab back. It's so dark up there on Nova. You're not going to make it if you... TOM O'ROURKE You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if... DAN LEVITAN Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and sta... MARTHA GELLHORN Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and sta... MARTHA GELLHORN A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL
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