Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.
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With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
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Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I learned from watching Florida Georgia Line every night. The energy that they possess on stage, that's something that I wanted in my show.
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Often we are so concerned with what makes us feel good that we forget what makes us great.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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The great thing about a name like 'Cougar Town' is that you hear it once and you remember it forever. It's a very 'loud' title. But there's a connection to the word 'cougar' that means a lot of people are going to be turned off right away by the title alone without even giving the show a chance.
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I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.
