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Lord Mountbatten [1900-1979] British
Rank: 103
Soldier


Intelligence

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My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
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The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
102
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
103
My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.
104
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
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Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. Intelligence
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Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
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Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
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I have been driven demented in my career.
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It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
110
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.
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I am much more intelligent than you think.
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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
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I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
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Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.
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My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
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No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
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This is the war I fear.
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What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?
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You can divide my life into two.
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I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
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I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
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I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
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In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
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It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.
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