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Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Antibiotics Controlling Key Resistance Smart Spread Use Widespread

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When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Act Against Best Best Interests Controlling Disguise Emotions Feeling Feelings Good Interests Know Motivate Others Own Them True Tug You Your

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To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

~Adam Grant

Topics: Admired Apart Aspects Authority Being Controlling Formal Fundamental Hierarchy Holding Important Involves Lies Lumped Make Need Often Position Power Resources Respected Sense Social Status Tease Together Two

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What makes Samsung so mysterious is that it's not altogether clear who leads the company or what its leaders do. The company follows an avowedly Confucian model of consensus-driven decision-making, values bone-crushingly hard work, and shows tremendous deference to the founding Lee family, despite its lack of a controlling interest in its shares.

~Adam Lashinsky

Topics: Altogether Clear Company Controlling Decision-Making Despite Family Follows Founding Hard Hard Work Interest Lack Leaders Leads Lee Makes Model Mysterious Samsung Shares Shows Tremendous Values Who Work

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In the 1960s, I personally lived the resounding impact of President Nasser's vision of constructing Aswan's High Dam as a 'national project' for controlling the Nile irrigation and the production of electricity.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Constructing Controlling Dam Electricity High Impact Irrigation Lived National Nile Personally President Production Project Vision 1960S

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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Able About Around Balanced Being Block Body Breathing Compromises Controlling Few Just Like Mind Pilates Run Stress Times

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I can be just a touch controlling!

~Aja Naomi King

Topics: Controlling Just Touch I Can

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It's hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing - which I think is what we have - gives us '1984.'

~Alan Kay

Topics: Books Change Controlling Everything Gives Group Hard Information Online People Somewhat Then Thing Think Us Which I Think

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I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.

~Alejandro Amenabar

Topics: Actor Because Change Controlling Encourage Even Exactly Exactly What Instance Me Need Person Say Script Some Surprise Talk Tell Them Verses Very Want

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If the communist party is controlling China, they represent China.

~Alex Chiu

Topics: China Communist Communist Party Controlling Party Represent

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