Harriet Martineau Quotes
The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.Harriet Martineau
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
Irene Rosenfeld -
At the Department of Justice, our ability to fulfill our responsibilities - to advocate for victims, to vigorously pursue misconduct, to seek justice in all its forms - depends on public confidence in the institutions we represent.
Sally Yates -
My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very independent, doing her things and having fun alone and working.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
Daniel Craig -
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
Harold S. Geneen -
I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
Garry Disher
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
Kapil Dev -
I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
Fiona Dourif -
I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
Odette Annable -
I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
Magnus Scheving -
'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
Fede Alvarez -
He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
Ralph Abernathy
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
H. L. Mencken -
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust -
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
Malcolm X -
The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
Barry Commoner -
Money has no moral opinions.
Abraham Polonsky -
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo
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Just as the web democratized publishing and development, Bitcoin can democratize building new financial services. Contracts can be entered into, verified, and enforced completely electronically, using any third-party that you care to trust, or by the code itself.
Naval Ravikant -
How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?
Eddie Guerrero -
One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
Nancy Astor -
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.
Jack Dorsey -
True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.
Steven Brust -
The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
Harriet Martineau