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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

~Adelbert Von Chamisso

Topics: Acquired Art Attention Commanding Conversation Easily Giving Had How Know Listened Loss Spoke Tone

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I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.

~Alfred M. Gray

Topics: Commanding Defend Democracy Father General Happen Mother Run Surrogate Train Troops Well

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I spent a lot of my life - 20 years of it - in war, training army trackers and commanding a tracker unit, and then in the Game Department, tracking lions and elephants and poachers. So I've spent literally thousands of hours tracking people or animals, and training others to do it.

~Allan Savory

Topics: Animals Army Commanding Department Elephants Game Hours Life Lions Literally Lot My Life Others People Spent Then Thousands Tracking Training Unit War Years

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It's weird but I've never really been the type to have fixations on the leading man actor. I've always been drawn more to the rock star. I love a guy on the microphone commanding an audience.

~Amanda Crew

Topics: Actor Always Audience Been Commanding Drawn Guy Leading Leading Man Love Man Microphone More Never Really Rock Rock Star Star Type Weird I Love

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The commanding general publishes, for the information of all concerned, that hereafter all persons found within our lines who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death.

~Ambrose Burnside

Topics: Acts Benefit Commanding Commit Concerned Convicted Country Death Enemies Found General Hereafter Information Lines Our Persons Spies Suffer Traitors Tried Who Will Within

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Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.

~Ambrose Burnside

Topics: About Being Carolina Citizens Commanding Constitution Desires Down General Here His Land Laws Loyal North North Carolina Persons Property Protect Put Rebellion Remember Soil Soldiers State Support

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The general commanding congratulates his troops on their brilliant and successful occupation of Roanoke Island. The courage and steadiness they have shown under fire is what he expected from them, and he accepts it as a token of future victory.

~Ambrose Burnside

Topics: Accepts Brilliant Commanding Courage Expected Fire Future General He His Island Occupation Shown Successful Them Token Troops Victory

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As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show.

~Andy Biersack

Topics: Able Achieve Always As Far As Being Commanding Far Gods Leading Level Like Looked Mercury Nature Onstage Paul People Presence Really Rock Rose Show Stanley Up Wanted

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What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

~Arnold Palmer

Topics: Body Business Commanding Concentration Exactly Exactly What Focusing Hand Mean Totally Want You Your Your Body

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And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: Commanding Controlling Dawn Demand Grow Heights Increasingly People Will

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