Dennis C. Blair Quotes
As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I don't like possessions.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I love diversity.
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For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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Language is a sense, like touch. (p. 271)
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At Camfed, we have focused on transforming the vicious cycle of poverty in many rural African communities into a cycle of opportunity. Alumnae of Camfed's programs go on to become role models and mentors for future generations of young students. We call this the 'virtuous circle,' and we know this is a model that works.
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As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.
