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If people are going to be allowed to say "we love you" and "I love you", they'd better have the backbone to prove it. Love isn't just a word.
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C. JoyBell C.
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The more I did it―the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high.
It was something. Don't say it wasn't.
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Megan Abbott (Dare Me)
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Fear and shame are the backbone of my self-control. They are my source of inspiration, my insurance against becoming entirely unacceptable. They help me do the right thing. And I am terrified of what I would be without them. Because I suspect that, left to my own devices, I would completely lose control of my life. I'm still hoping that perhaps someday I'll learn how to use willpower like a real person, but until that very unlikely day, I will confidently battle toward adequacy, wielding my crude skill set of fear and shame.
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Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened)
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Stand tall and be strong in defense of those great virtues which have been the backbone of our social progress. When you are united, your power is limitless. You can accomplish anything you wish to accomplish. -President Gordon B. Hinckley, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”—Reba McEntire
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Reba McEntire (Comfort from a Country Quilt: Finding New Inspiration and Strength in Old-Fashioned Values)
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For within your flesh, deep within the center of your being, is the undaunted, waiting, longing, all-knowing. Is the ready, able, perfect. Within you, waiting its turn to emerge, piece by piece, with the dawn of every former test of trial and blackness, is the next unfolding, the great unfurling of wings, the re-forged backbone of a true Child of Light.
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Jennifer DeLucy
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My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.” – Kobe Bryant
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Anthony Taylor (Kobe Bryant - The Inspirational Story Of Basketball Superstar Kobe Bryant (Kobe Bryant Biography, Autobiography, Phil Jackson, Shaquille O'neal, Lakers))
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In a marriage, a woman has to be the backbone, the compromiser; yet half the time she feels powerless. Marriage isn’t easy. There are a lot of pitfalls, steep uphill battles, obstacles, compromises, and sacrifices. As the saying goes, the man is the head of the household, but truth be told, I am still trying to understand how that is so. There are some good men out there who successfully honor their role as a husband and a father to their children. However, there are so many single mothers in the world today who are the heads of households, being both the mother and the father.
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Charlena E. Jackson (A Woman's Love Is Never Good Enough)
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To successfully achieve a dream, it must have a backbone, called PASSION.
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Okeke Jennifer - OJSPRIDE
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Fear and shame are the backbone of my self-control. They are the source of inspiration, my insurance against becoming entirely unacceptable. They help me do the right thing. And I am terrified of what I would be without them. Because I suspect that, left to my own devices, I would completely lose control of my life.
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Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened)
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Youth is the backbone of nation-building.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
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Education is the back-bone of everything in life. If the backbone/roots are strong nothing will be able to destroy it and if the roots are damaged nothing will stand over it.
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Gaurav Punjabi
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Heaven gives revelation and faith feeds on that revelation to become the backbone of a strong character that climbs and overcomes the obstacles of this world to a desired vision in life.
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JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA
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Forest is the backbone of the O-fers. He pitches, bats cleanup, collects the fees, makes all the pre game reminder calls, fills out the lineup card, and is the undisputed (though unspoken) team captain. Few things inspire like watching Forest round third in the late innings with a head full of steam and two bad knees, his spare tire heaving violently beneath his snug jersey, just as the second basemen is fielding the relay. "Run, Forest, run!" We yell, from the dugout. It never gets old.
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Jonathan Evison (The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving)
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Never play the princess when you can
be the queen:
rule the kingdom, swing a scepter,
wear a crown of gold.
Don’t dance in glass slippers,
crystal carving up your toes --
be a barefoot Amazon instead,
for those shoes will surely shatter on your feet.
Never wear only pink
when you can strut in crimson red,
sweat in heather grey, and
shimmer in sky blue,
claim the golden sun upon your hair.
Colors are for everyone,
boys and girls, men and women --
be a verdant garden, the landscape of Versailles,
not a pale primrose blindly pushed aside.
Chase green dragons and one-eyed zombies,
fierce and fiery toothy monsters,
not merely lazy butterflies,
sweet and slow on summer days.
For you can tame the most brutish beasts
with your wily wits and charm,
and lizard scales feel just as smooth
as gossamer insect wings.
Tramp muddy through the house in
a purple tutu and cowboy boots.
Have a tea party in your overalls.
Build a fort of birch branches,
a zoo of Legos, a rocketship of
Queen Anne chairs and coverlets,
first stop on the moon.
Dream of dinosaurs and baby dolls,
bold brontosaurus and bookish Belle,
not Barbie on the runway or
Disney damsels in distress --
you are much too strong to play
the simpering waif.
Don a baseball cap, dance with Daddy,
paint your toenails, climb a cottonwood.
Learn to speak with both your mind and heart.
For the ground beneath will hold you, dear --
know that you are free.
And never grow a wishbone, daughter,
where your backbone ought to be.
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Clementine Paddleford
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When it comes to the question of resilience, the two most important bones in the human body are the backbone and the funnybone
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Leo Jai
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You want to hear what kind of woman I’d accept as a wife? Tall enough to fit under my chin, sunny hair, warm disposition, backbone to argue her side of the matter, grace to give in when she sees it’s important to me. Someone who understands what I do and respects me for it. You find me a woman like that, and I may have to rethink my decision not to wed.
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Regina Scott (Frontier Matchmaker Bride (Frontier Bachelors, 8))
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History Is The
BACKBONE
Of Future
Learn and Grow
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K Kapoor
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Life without discipline is just like a body without a backbone.
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Utkarsh Sharma
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The essence of loyalty is the courage to propose the unpopular, coupled with a determination to obey, no matter how distasteful the ultimate decision. And the essence of leadership is the ability to inspire such behavior.
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Julia Dye (Backbone: History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of Marine Corps NCOs)
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The great leaders know that their team is the backbone of the company and any success the organization achieves comes from their employee’s love of the company, the belief in the vision and a strong attachment to the company purpose.
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Gifford Thomas (The Inspirational Leader: Inspire Your Team To Believe In The Impossible)
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Good women are the backbone of countries, counties, and communities. You can easily count on them.
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Gift Gugu Mona (Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman)
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Fear and shame are the backbone of my self-control. They are my source of inspiration, my insurance against becoming entirely unacceptable. They help me do the right thing. And I am terrified of what I would be without them. Because I suspect that, left to my own devices, I would completely lose control of my life.
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Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half)
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You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof over your head, and you're well off--so be thankful and instead look around you and see what you can do for people who don't have the same good luck.
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Jacqueline Winspear (The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18))
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Pain is what nourishes the backbone, while absence of pain turns a human into haribo.
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Abhijit Naskar (Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission)
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It's one thing to have a spinal cord, another to have a backbone.
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Abhijit Naskar (Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission)
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Ain’t No Sinner (The Sonnet)
When we think ourselves weak,
We become weak.
When we think ourselves sinner,
We become sinner most meek.
Yes we are fundamentally cruel and divisionistic,
Yes the evil in us is stronger than our good.
That's because our ancestors survived through cruelty,
They didn't have much scope to practice their good.
But we ain’t our ancestors in our way of life,
We don’t have to watch out for predators in every bush.
Then why do we still behave like predators ourselves,
Why don’t we break this tribalistic tradition of ambush!
No more cruelty either on ourselves or on those around!
Embolden your backbone into a fountain of kinship unbound.
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Abhijit Naskar (The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work)
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Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration - said the genius who was 1% showman and 99% fraud.
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Abhijit Naskar (Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch)
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Heart, brain and backbone,
if you have these three,
you have everything to succeed.
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Abhijit Naskar (Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat)
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You have grown a backbone where your wishbone used to be. You have learned how to say no, you have learned how to walk away. Do you remember when they broke you? It felt like life as you knew it was over. It felt like your rib cage cracked apart. You have rebuilt yourself; you have stitched loss into gain, sadness into joy.
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Kirsten Robinson (Evergreen)
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আমার হৃদয়ের চোর,
যে তার সমস্তকিছু ছিনতাই করেছে,
যে আমার আত্মাকে পীড়ন করে চিত্তবিভ্রম ঘটিয়েছে,
গ্রহণ করো, প্রিয়তমা, এই উপহার--
আর কখনও, হয়তো, আমি অন্যকিছু সম্পর্কে ভাববো না ।
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এই দিনটিকে উজ্বল ছুটির দিনে রাঙিয়ে দাও ।
হে ক্রুশবিদ্ধসম ইন্দ্রজাল,
তোমার সৃষ্টি বজায় রাখো ।
যেমনটা দেখছো--
শব্দাবলীর পেরেকগুচ্ছ
আমাকে কাগজে গিঁথে দাও ।
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Vladimir Mayakovsky (Backbone Flute: Selected Poetry)
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Ron Gilbert, took inspiration from Sierra games like King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry but, more than just the game, what Maniac Mansion (and Ron) gave LucasArts was the underlying engine created for the game, SCUMM‡. This would form the backbone of future hits for the company such as Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Maniac Mansion sequel Day of the Tentacle, two Indiana Jones games (one based on The Last Crusade, the other an original adventure called The Fate of Atlantis), Sam & Max Hit the Road and, most famously, The Secret of Monkey Island. Humour permeates all these games successfully in a way it rarely has before or since. Monkey Island’s ‘insult’ sword-fight is perhaps the best-known example, but there are many more. The jokes even operate between games;
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Steve McNeil (Hey! Listen!: A journey through the golden era of video games)
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Loyal employees are the essential backbone of a vision driven business.
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Wayne Chirisa
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Always be the person with Backbone
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Nitika Sharma
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Why read? Because books are precious guides to our humanity—civilization’s backbone—that tenuous ridgeline that allows us to climb above the jungle and see what the horizon has to offer. Thus they represent the yearning to go beyond, to explore. Yet they are also human-sized. And made of paper and ink, and thus they come from the earth. Their physicality is what makes them immensely human. And they contain the flesh-and-bone thoughts of one person capturing one blink of time, now made immortal in the bound pages carried by your own hands and touched by your own eyes. How can such fragile and thin paper and spidery veins of ink be our most precious treasure, binding together the entire hope and legacy and language of a civilization—of our existence. We touch the book and turn the page, and thus we are bound to our destiny.
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Carew Papritz (The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift)
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imagine what happens when training and support are intertwined, like two strands of DNA. Together, they form the backbone of an organization, instilling employees not just with skills and knowledge, but also the confidence to bring their best selves to their roles.
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Benjamin Ortlip (Culture Is The New Leadership: How Great Companies Inspire Millennials, Ignite Performance, and Win the War for Talent)
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Companies should utilize the CSIPP™ framework whenever they face crises. The 12 elements of CSIPP™, or Crisis Solution Internal Philosophy and Practice, include:
1. Immunity (Immune Systems): Organizations, akin to living organisms, possess inherent vulnerabilities. The CSIPP™ framework advocates for the establishment of proactive and self-regulating systems within an organization which autonomously identify, respond to, and mitigate threats, thereby enhancing the organization's resilience and adaptability.
2. Surveillance: Organizations need to cultivate a culture of informed awareness. This entails the implementation of judicious surveillance mechanisms to gather both internal and external intelligence. Such insights empower organizations to preemptively identify potential risks and opportunities, enabling more agile and effective decision-making. Data serves as the lifeblood of CSIPP™. It is imperative that organizations prioritize the collection, analysis, and interpretation of relevant data. This data-driven approach facilitates evidence-based decision-making, informed risk assessments, and the optimization of crisis response strategies.
3. Decisiveness: Decisiveness is particularly important during times of crisis. Leaders must be able to gather and synthesize the data, and make quick and definite decisions to move the organization forward.
4. Capital Reserves/Liquidity: Financial preparedness is a cornerstone of crisis management. Organizations must maintain adequate reserves of liquid capital to navigate unforeseen challenges. Moreover, they should proactively identify internal assets, both tangible and intangible, that can be readily redeployed in times of crisis.
5. Communication: Effective communication is pivotal during a crisis. Organizations should establish a comprehensive communication plan encompassing all stakeholders - employees, customers, investors, and the community at large. This plan should ensure timely, transparent, and accurate information dissemination, fostering trust and mitigating the spread of misinformation.
6. Response: The ability to respond swiftly and decisively is critical in crisis situations. Organizations must develop well-defined response protocols that outline roles, responsibilities, and escalation procedures. Regular drills and simulations can enhance preparedness and ensure a coordinated response.
7. Risk Evaluation: A continuous process of risk evaluation and assessment is essential. Organizations need to proactively identify, analyze, and prioritize potential risks based on their likelihood and potential impact. This enables the development of targeted mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
8. Leadership: Strong and decisive leadership is indispensable during a crisis. Leaders must be able to make difficult decisions under pressure, communicate effectively, and inspire confidence in their teams. A clear chain of command and delegation of authority are vital for effective crisis management.
9. Readiness (Drills/Training): All individuals likely to be involved in crisis response should receive comprehensive training and participate in regular drills. This ensures that they are familiar with their roles, responsibilities, and the organization's crisis management protocols.
10. Post-Crisis Analysis: Following a crisis, it is crucial to conduct a thorough post-mortem analysis. This involves evaluating the organization's response, identifying lessons learned, and implementing corrective actions to improve future crisis management efforts.
11. Nuanced Adjustment: Crisis management is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Organizations need to be adaptable and flexible, adjusting their strategies and tactics as the situation evolves.
12. Protocol: Clear and well-defined protocols are the backbone of effective crisis management. Organizations should establish a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that outline the steps to be taken in various crisis scenarios.
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.