Martin H. Fischer Quotes
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
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The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become.
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The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I've watched it on and off. I don't know why everyone is fascinated by it.
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A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.
