Chuck Feeney Quotes
People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
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My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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So that they can actually make it known to the American people before they vote what they're voting for.
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They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
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You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.
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It's OK to stay at a job that you don't enjoy, because you're scared.
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People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.
