J. B. Pritzker Quotes
Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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By and large, small companies don't want to settle for part-time employees over full-time positions.
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We will not lose this election for lack of money.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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'The Fifth Gospel' is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I'm not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.
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I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.
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A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.
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Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.
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The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges.
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Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
