Chrystia Freeland Quotes
One of the great, and largely forgotten, triumphs of American society and government has been how smoothly U.S. farmers and their communities negotiated the creative destruction of the early 20th century and emerged triumphant when it was over.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.
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I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.
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I've always been able to work as an actor and support my family and did great jobs, and more often than not, I got to turn down jobs that I didn't really want to do for various reasons or refuse to work with people I didn't like - and there are quite a few.
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I think I have a very American desire and willingness to divulge everything. I would divulge more if I didn't know it wasn't smart.
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One of the great, and largely forgotten, triumphs of American society and government has been how smoothly U.S. farmers and their communities negotiated the creative destruction of the early 20th century and emerged triumphant when it was over.
