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Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

David Johnson thrives on this kind of stuff. He loves the pressure. He loves the big shots. He wasn't feeling well before the game. I'm not sure if it was nerves or what.

Gary Capaldi

George, like many other famous people, thrives on attention. It's difficult to be a serious politician and be in a show like this. Being old and trying to be hip doesn't generally work.

Cary Cooper

He's back where he belongs. He spent some time on the couch with the psychiatrist and now he is out of the rubber room. He has all the ability in the world. But he thrives at home, he has been much better since we got him home from The Meadowlands. He really did not like the heat.

Bob Mcintosh

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Victor Borge

I'm really fascinated by someone who chooses worst-case scenarios as a profession. Someone who obviously thrives on crisis.

Carla Gugino

We chose Kurt to drive the Miller Lite car because he thrives on competition and has an unrelenting will to win. Healthy, fun- spirited competition is the essence of sport and of business; and the Miller versus Bud battle is one great example of this. We both have a great tradition in the sport, and a little added public competition will be fun for everyone, especially the winner.

Tom Long

We have a lot of people who work very hard and contribute to the tax system for many years but they live in an underground society, always being exploited. Our economy thrives on these workers.

Iliana Holguin

People are doing this because they have a genuine interest or are in an academic environment that thrives on research.

Maxine Nunez

Prescott is our steady, go-to player. He thrives on competition.

Marty Espinoza

Sarah's probably our most confident player. She doesn't get rattled in any situation. She's the kind of player who thrives in a pressure situation. She's been great for us in that leadership role.

Jenny Condon

Tammy always wanted the ball during crunch time. ... She just thrives under pressure.

Paul Baca

Lauren thrives on pressure. Everybody had finished bowling and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Joe Ritter

Hispanic Heritage Month gives us a significant opportunity to celebrate the culture and contributions of Hispanics to the city of Los Angeles. I'm so proud to be a part of a city that thrives on its diversity and takes time out to recognize this strength in special ways like this.

Antonio Villaraigosa

He runs good routes, has great speed, and he's physical. He can break the game open. A lot of receivers, you can press them, and they won't be able to do anything. This guy, he thrives on that. He likes it when you put your hands on him. That's the difference between him and other great receivers.

Mike Rumph

The Army in general thrives on winning. It's what we do. For the women of this institution to show they can be this competitive in sports is a big step.

Megan Vrabel

In the early 1960s, he was already talking about how our society thrives on image and spectacle rather than reality. Blake wasn't too tolerant of superficial people and their ideas.

Laura Hamblin

Either he thrives on it or he doesn't realize it. He didn't even skate on ice four years ago, and now he is an Olympic favorite.

Dan Jansen

Tourism dollars over people's safety. We all work on an island that thrives on tourism dollars. I'm in the tourism industry myself, but at what cost?

Lisa Kennedy

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

Aaron Copland

The report confirms what we have always said that the ruling party thrives on violence.

Lovemore Madhuku

We try to create a culture that thrives on innovative thinking. Part of that is creating a climate where it is OK to think and express new ideas even if they are a little bit wacky — where there is no fear of people looking at you funny because you thought of something a little outside the box.

Mark Durcan

She needs a psychiatrist. Her narcissism and the need to feel important has caused a black hole in the character that can only be filled with abnormal human experience. It is clear that she thrives in the spotlight Oscar has generated from these horrible murders.

Anita Holley

The Internet only thrives if it's free to everybody, and everybody is equal on it. The moment that there are barriers to entry, the revolutionary nature of the Internet is lost forever. Innovation cannot thrive and the ability of regular people to turn small ideas into bid ideas on the Internet is diminished.

Adam Green

This isn't the best time for America laughing at ourselves. I think political satire thrives much more at a time when we're in a mood to laugh at ourselves. The degree of political correctness has just gotten terrible.

Norman Lear

Nature thrives on patience; man on impatience.

Paul Boese

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

Murray Rothbard

He is probably our most emotional kid out there. He thrives on competition. Sometimes you have to tell him to relax a little. He has really developed into a solid all-around player. He can stroke the basketball, and he can take it to the hole. He's really coming into his own.

David Macedo

There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach -- it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.

William Howard Taft

While you can certainly build a community online, it [only] thrives with face-to-face interaction. Starting with the Internet, however, might not be a terrible idea.

John Palfrey

I was thinking that times have changed. But actually they haven't. Celebrity culture still thrives on this idea of the scorned woman and the evil seductress.

Elayne Rapping