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Bernard Montgomery

U.K. Field Marshal

Montgomery: "What I personally want to know about a leader is this: ... Will he take decisions, accepting full responsibility?"

Montgomery: "The good military leader will dominate the events which surround him; once he lets events get the better of him ... he will cease to be of value as a leader."

Montgomery: "Throughout my life [I have followed] my duty and my conscience. I have never been afraid to say what I believed to be right."

Montgomery: "[A commander] must have the drive to get things done ... and that determination which enables [him] to stand firm."

Brian Horrocks: "He had an extraordinary capacity for putting his finger straight on the essentials of any problem, and of being able to explain them simply and clearly."

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Henry Ford

Industrialist and founder of Ford Motors

Ford: "In my mind nothing is more abhorrent than a life of ease. ... There is no place in civilization for the idler."

Ford: "Results ... always come if you work hard enough."

Ford: "I have no quarrel with the general attitude of scoffing at new ideas. It is better ... than to rush around in a continuous brainstorm after every new idea."

Ford: "An idea is just an idea. Almost anyone can think up an idea. The thing that counts is developing it into a practical product."

Ford: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants. So long as it is black."

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Dr. Phil

Psychologist and talk show host

Dr. Phil: "Awareness without action is worthless. Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right."

Dr. Phil: "Life rewards action."

Dr. Phil: "Life is managed; it is not cured."

Dr. Phil: "If parents aren't united in terms of discipline, rewards, lifestyle, focus, morals, values - all the things that ultimately define who [a] child becomes - then the child is going to be a product of inconsistency, and that creates confusion."

Pamela Paul: "Dr. Phil issues counsel as marching orders."

Walmond Machesky: "He overcame adversity through setting goals and [he] was persistent in achieving success."

ESTJ

Condoleezza Rice

U.S. Secretary of State (R)

Rice: "People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side."

Rice: "When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill."

Rice: "I am somebody who is very data-driven."

Rice: "I've always found the hedonistic or anarchist view of freedom troubling."

[College professor:] "Condi Rice was, even back then, not a person to be trifled with."

[Her father:] "Condi is the kind of person who is very sure of herself and makes excellent decisions."

ESTJ

Amy Chua

Law professor and 'Tiger Mother'

Chua: "I like clear goals and clear ways of measuring success."

Chua: "I [have] conviction and tunnel-vision drive."

Chua: "Hard work, don't give up, don't blame others - [these] are fundamental American values, the ones championed by our founding fathers."

Chua: "My parents [said], 'An A minus, that's not good enough. We gave you these opportunities - you have to take advantage of them.' And ... that made sense to me."

ESTJ

E.L. James

Author of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

James: "Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not."

James: "I see a lot of myself in [my male protagonist] Christian."
[Interviewer: "Really?"]
James: "Oh god, yes."
[Interviewer: "What - the controlling aspect?"]
James: "Yes. Oh, yes."

James: "[When writing] I'm obsessed with ... where everything is in a particular room, and the [specific] choreography of scenes."

James: "I haven't shone a torch inside myself to really get to know my reaction to [what I write]. It's something that I ... shy away from."

[Her husband:] "[If we worked together] she would have fired me."

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Martha Stewart

Business magnate

Stewart: "Without hard work, your passion is all for naught. You never have time to rest on your laurels."

Stewart: "I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding."

Stewart: "I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player."

Stewart: "I have sometimes ... forgotten ... to pat the back of someone or say 'thank you.' ... I wish I were just the nicest person [but] I am a business person."

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Michelle Obama

U.S. First Lady, married to Barack Obama

Obama: "Role modeling what good families should look like [is important]. And my view is that if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House."

Obama: "What we need right now [is] leadership; we need people with judgment; we need decent people, people with common sense, people with strong family values."

Obama: "I like to do something. ... I just don't get into symbolic achievements."

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Ann Coulter

Conservative pundit and author

Coulter: "This is what it means to be a citizen in a republic. ... You can vote for a ... clown, but then you have to take some responsibility to correct your mistake."

Coulter: "The answer to any question beginning 'Is it important to you as a woman' is: No ... I would hold the same positions if I were a man."

Coulter: "In only one respect does practicing law compare favorably with practicing punditry. ... In the law, there are standards, rules, and precedents that must be adhered to by everyone."

ESTJ

Michelle Malkin

Conservative pundit and author

Malkin: "When it comes to speaking and writing on unpleasant matters, I learned a long time ago to stop apologizing. It is a waste of breath, time, and energy."

Malkin: "[My book] 'Invasion' was inspired [by] patriotic, level-headed, and hard-truth-telling Americans."

[On being called an 'Asian Ann Coulter':]
Malkin: "I would take [that] as a compliment. I have a lot of respect for Ann Coulter."

Malkin: "Janitors in newsrooms across America worked overtime in the halcyon days after Barack Obama won the presidency. It wasn't easy cleaning the drool off laptops and floors."

ESTJ

Bill O'Reilly

Political commentator on Fox News

O'Reilly: "My programs are trying to fight the good fight. The culture war is serious and needs to be fought honestly and effectively. We do that on [my show]. And we do it with no fear."

O'Reilly: "My weapons [are the] facts."

O'Reilly: "I believe the United States was well founded and has done enormous good for the world."

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Alan Dershowitz

Law professor and defense attorney

Dershowitz: "We live in an age when everybody tries to blame someone or something for their failures."

Dershowitz: "It is virtually impossible to flip the TV channels without seeing a bevy of sobbing women and men justifying their failed lives by reference to some past abuse. ... Personal responsibility does not sell soap as well as sob stories."

Dershowitz: "I want to SHAME [my opponents]. ... We don't do enough shaming in this country."

Dershowitz: "[I am a] hero worshiper."

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Paul of Tarsus

'St. Paul' - author of the Epistles of the New Testament

Paul: "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."

Paul: "We [Christians] do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort. ... On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience."

Paul: "Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'"

Paul: "Now this is [my] boast: [I] have conducted [myself] in the world ... with integrity and sincerity."

Paul: "We demolish every argument and every pretension that sets itself up against [our goal], and we take captive every thought to make it obedient. ... And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience."

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Muhammad

Prophet of Islam

Muhammad: "In the almighty I seek refuge from helplessness, laziness, cowardice."

Muhammad: "Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people."

Muhammad: "It is a cause of humiliation [for a person if he cannot] fulfill his duties ... and obligations."

Abu Dharr al-Ghifari [ca. 650 CE:] "I said to [Muhammad]: 'Will you not appoint me to a public office?' He stroked my shoulder and said: 'Abu Dharr, you are weak and authority is a trust.'"

D. S. Margoliouth: "I regard Muhammad as a great man, who solved a political problem of appalling difficulty - the construction of a state and an empire out of the Arab tribes."

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Billy Graham

Christian evangelist

Graham: "Heaven is not a place of idleness."

Graham: "I feel sorry for the man who has never [taken] a stand and stuck to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that [the timid] can never imagine."

Graham: "[Even as a child] lying, cheating, stealing, and property destruction were foreign to me."

Graham: "[Growing up] I could abandon myself enthusiastically to milking the cows and cleaning out the latrines, not because they were pleasant jobs, certainly, but because sweaty labor held its own satisfaction."

ESTJ

Jerry Falwell

Christian evangelist

Falwell: "I do not believe that anyone has ever been successful in life without ... diligence [and] hard work."

Falwell: "[Young people] have been taught that there are no absolutes in our world today. ... [Our] society is greatly void of discipline and character-building."

Falwell: "Socialism and welfarism [teaches young people] to believe that the world owes them a living whether they work or not."

Falwell: "Our forefathers ... knew the great responsibility that freedom carries with it."

Falwell: "Every American who looks at the facts must share a deep concern and burden for our country."

ESTJ

Steve Ballmer

CEO of Microsoft

Ballmer: "Businesses are complicated, that is true, and leaders have to deal with ... the fact that things are complicated, yet one of the leader's great [tasks] is simplifying things."

Ballmer: "A lot of the times [when I] have problems with leaders, the leaders aren't trying to simplify. [Instead] they're trying to show they understand the full complexity of the situation."

New York Times: "Business for Ballmer is a physical experience. He feels it with bodily intensity and acts it out with force."

Sandra Larkin: "Ballmer's exuberant, aggressive, and highly competitive personality helped shape [Microsoft's] strategy and was critical to its success."

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Tom Clancy

Author of 'Rainbow Six' and 'The Hunt for Red October'

Clancy: "Terrorism ... is an annoyance [like] a mosquito. ... A mosquito is an annoyance, but you can swat it."

Clancy: "All [9/11] succeeded in doing was getting us very, very angry. And getting America angry is not a good career move."

Clancy: "[I like spending time with Marine Corps sergeants because] they're like the chiefs. ... You don't impress a chief by being a fake."

Clancy: "We [Americans] extend liberty to others ... we've done it to Europe, we've done it in Asia, we did it in Kuwait. Bringing our gift of liberty to others is a great American tradition."

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Uma Thurman

Actress

Thurman: "I think [ass-kicking] is sort of thrilling. ... As a female ... you're taught not to be aggressive."

Thurman: "It gives you a great self-confidence ... to take full responsibility for [your life]. Responsibility gives confidence, I find."

Thurman: "I had to work hard to do the comical [elements] of my roles."

Thurman: "I'm a mother [and] and any parent knows this dynamic: ... You're on the playground and some kid comes over and kicks sand in your kid's face and you're like: 'What do I do now - I want to kill?!'"

[Her martial arts trainer for 'Kill Bill']: "I greatly admire her professionalism and work ethic."

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Emma Watson

Actress

Watson: "I feel like young girls are told they have to be this kind of princess and be all this sweet stuff. It's all bullshit. I identify more with being a warrior princess [and] kicking ass."

Watson: "[Like Hermione] I'm terrified of getting into trouble. I'm very heady in the same way that she is. ... She's very determined. I am as well."

Watson: "I actually wouldn't ever need [a good behavior clause in my contract]. It's just not necessary. I'm not tempted by parties or drugs."

Watson: "[My friends] give me these 'live a little' guilt trips. They tell me I should have a bit more fun."

Elle Magazine: "There's something efficient about her, as though life is a big to-do list that needs to be addressed."

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Kelsey Grammer

Actor

Grammer: "[I'm] tenacious to the point where most people just aren't. Honestly, I'm that tenacious."

Grammer: "You show up for the [work]! That's what you do. Long run - you work! It's a blessing. ... You show up every damn day."

Grammer: "I prefer adversity that I face head-on."

Grammer: "[Me] directing was simply a matter of time for me. ... I felt very comfortable in that seat. ... I like organizing where the shots are."

Grammer: "I'm brutal when I direct. ... I constantly harass the actor; I beat him down."

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Alec Baldwin

Actor

Baldwin: "I'm a law-and-order person."

Baldwin: "I've always had a tremendous sense of responsibility - work, work, work."

Baldwin: "[As a child] I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass and shovelled the snow and cleaned the dishes. My brothers were like hillbillies. They had no sense of responsibility."

Baldwin: "I'm not afraid of anybody. Wherever I go, I don't have a drop of fear in my whole body."

Baldwin: "I would like to be Governor of New York. That would be exciting to me."

Baldwin: "Most actors I know that are good are self-directed."

New Yorker: "[His acting has] some beguiling note of severity, even cruelty."

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Nancy Grace

Legal commentator and television personality

Grace: "The truth is not always nice or polite or easy. ... Sometimes it's harsh, and it hurts."

Grace: "[As a prosecutor I was] staring down criminals and badgering judges into meting out tough sentences."

Grace: "When I get into an argument on the air, the man can always yell louder [because] if a man fights like hell, he's being forceful; if I raise my voice and fight like hell, I'm being a shrew and a bitch."

Grace: "[I consider myself] an advocate for [innocent] children - their voice in a world that, though essentially good, is embattled by evil."

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Laura Schlessinger

Talk radio host and conservative commentator

Schlessinger: "I am getting people to stop doing wrong and start doing right."

Leslie Bennett: "In an age of moral relativity, Dr. Laura's certitude compels. ... Schlessinger's fervor is indisputably evangelical, and her listeners believe her to be a paragon, a beacon of hope and rectitude in a dissolute, degraded world."

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Judge Judy

Television judge and author

Judge Judy: "The main message of my show is that people have to be responsible for their own actions."

[To a young mother:]
Judge Judy: "You have to find something else to do with your time, constructively, rather than make children who are going to grow up with no moral compass like their mother."

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Ivanka Trump

Television personality, daughter of Donald Trump

Trump: "I was always a feminine tomboy. I always dressed like a girl and acted like a boy."

Trump: "I have a tough skin and enough confidence not to worry too much about being underestimated."

Trump: "[I was] a serious young teenager."

Trump: "[I always] go to bed with an empty inbox. ... I feel that going into a day and having your plate cleared is a good way to start out."

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Cato the Elder

Roman statesman

Cato: "Buy not what you want, but what you have need of."

Cato: "Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses."

Cato: "Carthago delenda est."
("Carthage must be destroyed.")

Cato: "Socrates was a big chatterbox, who tried ... to dissolve [traditional] customs, and to entice its people to forming opinions contrary to order."

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Michele Bachmann

U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate (R)

Bachmann: "The sensibility [people had in the 50s and 60s] about how we were grounded here is so important. ... We were a very patriotic ... nation and I think that's what America's looking for again."

Bachmann: "If I do run [for president], like all my races, I will work like a maniac."

Bachmann: "Let's put Coolidge and Reagan on Mt. Rushmore!"

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Doc Love

Men's relationship coach, columnist, and author of 'The System'

[On his approach as a love coach:]
Doc Love: "It would be nice to give you a magic potion and tell you everything will be okay, but snake oil doesn't cut it; only hard work does. There are no freebies in life."

Doc Love: "Women ... utilize psychological tactics and strategies that are foreign to rational, logically thinking men."

[When he heard that one of his students was dating a girl who had lied to her parents:]
Doc Love: "She lied to her parents? See, some girls don't lie to their parents. That would be a better girl for you. I want her to love her mom and her dad, and I want her to tell the truth."

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Dennis Genpo Merzel

Zen teacher

Merzel: "Being straightforward, being direct, being honest, telling it like it is ... We call it 'ruthless compassion.'"

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Diane Hamilton

Self-help blogger and author of 'It's Not You, It's Your Personality'

Hamilton: "Why bother learning about personality? You can pretty much sum up whether or not a person is an idiot within the first few minutes of meeting them ... right?"

Hamilton: "If there are so many annoying personalities in the world, how are we all supposed to get along in society without wanting to kill each other?"