Nell Newman Quotes
Basically, what we've done is, every year we take half the money and allow people who've helped us in the industry to give it away. One year, the ladies who put the pretzel bags in the boxes got to give it away.
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Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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George Bush doesn't care about black people.
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I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.
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Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.
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I'm a normal, horrible, screwed up human being like everyone else. I mean, I'm not horrible person, but I'm just as screwed up as anybody.
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Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
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While the old spiritual 'Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last' was sung by blacks in the hours following the Appomattox surrender, racism sadly continues to be a crippling national scourge.
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I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.
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Basically, what we've done is, every year we take half the money and allow people who've helped us in the industry to give it away. One year, the ladies who put the pretzel bags in the boxes got to give it away.
