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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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I thought I was a hedonist at the time, but when I look back I was always working. I am always working. I work every day. I never give parties; I never gave them.
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Satya Nadella
Chief executive of Microsoft
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Interview originally given to Business Insider Polska, quoted by SmartCompany, 27 April 2017
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Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States, 1981–1989; Governor of California 1967–1975
And in all of that time I won a nickname, ``The Great Communicator.'' But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: it was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation -- from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries.
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Oval Office, The White House, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 11 January 1989
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Rahul Dravid
India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach
One of the biggest challenges that the game must respond to today, I believe, is charting out a clear road map for the three formats. We now realise that the sport's three formats cannot be played in equal numbers - that will only throw scheduling and the true development of players completely off gear.
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Bradman Oration, Anzac Hall, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ESPNcricinfo, 14 December 2011
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Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don't think it's fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.
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To get the most out of the world around you you’ve got to really look hard. Most people out walking in the woods don’t really look. They just glance around. They scan. Before I start a painting I spend a lot of time looking and thinking, I go out in the car and pull a chair out of the boot and sit in the woods. I sit there and smoke and just look.
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The National, Interview in the courtyard of the Royal Academy, London, The National, 1 January 2012
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That I give way too quickly.
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