C. S. Forester Quotes
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I think it is valuable and should be valued by its consumers. Charging for content forces discipline on journalists: they must produce things that people actually value.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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I love New York! You walk around, nobody notices you, you don't notice anybody, you're in your own little world.
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I believe in microfinance because it isn't just a path out of poverty. It's the road to self-reliance. By allowing people to team up and literally become their own bank, you can mobilize people and resources and alleviate poverty on the global scale.
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Every solution breeds new problems.
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Casey was the better team and the better team won.
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If there's one thing government needs desperately, it's the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by starting with simple systems that work and evolving from there, not the other way around.
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I was taught that pain is bad.
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I'm from that generation where there aren't that many pictures of me as a baby.
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It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself.
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The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level.
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BMX is kind of a big guy sport, you know.
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I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.
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Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.
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Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Juventus have always had exceptional players. I've played against them and against Italy many times. They're a tough team with great quality.
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I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
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Opportunities for fraud are open and they are taken advantage of. The most elementary precautions are neither taken nor even contemplated. The reverse is the case. People such as myself who attempt to bring openness and accountability to the system are pursued, suspended and dismissed.
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Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.
