Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.
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Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.
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Fraud, robbery, and murder have characterized the English usurpation of the government of our country. Why, for the last fifty years we have been robbed in the matter of taxes of hundreds of millions.
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Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.
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We actually found some home videos, some really funny footage of me when I was around 3 years old. I come up to the camera to do a Nixon impression. I don't know who taught me that, but I come up to the camera and said, 'I am not a crook.' I got a really good laugh. You see me register that bringing joy to people is a positive thing.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.
