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assertive

«New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.»
«At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?»
«In the next year or so, my signature will appear on $60 billion of United States currency. More important to me, however, is the signature that appears on my life-the strong, proud, assertive handwriting of a loving father and mother.»
«The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.»
«The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.»
Author: William F. Buckley, Jr. (Writer) | About: Government | Keywords: assertive
«The Negro will only be truly free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive selfhood his own emancipation proclamation.»
«Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thief... Words, colors, light, sounds, stone, wood, bronze belong to the living artist. They belong to anyone who can use them. Loot the Louver! A bas l Originality, the sterile and assertive ego that imprisons us as it creates. Vive le sol -- pure, shameless, total. We are not responsible. Steal anything in sight.»