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The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Equally Followers Goal Goals Leader Leaders Leadership Make Make Up Necessary Others Shared Supports Three Toward Up Who

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Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Common Common Goal Goal Leadership Toward

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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Crimes Decide Only War Were Winners

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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Audience Just Me Really Require Seems Subject Write

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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Abstract Between Born Breathed Catholicism Catholics Childhood Church Contrast Converts Doctrine Interesting Line More Much Often Part Something Think Toe You

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I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Academy Any Because Been Belonged Fully Journalism Never Outsider Them

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I'm hardly macho. I present myself as very unnoticeable.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Hardly Macho Myself Present Very

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I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.

~Garry Wills

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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Book Boring Enough Far Get Hate

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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

~Garry Wills

Topics: Against Am Clear Fact Fond In Fact Life Many My Life Nothing Often Priests Respect Should Then Time Tried I Tried

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: May 22nd, 1934

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