Paul Wellstone Quotes
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
Quotes to Explore
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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I was a horrible athlete.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
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The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.
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My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.
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I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
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Algunos, adelantándose a todos, van ganando el desierto.
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And in the air are no streets, no channels, no point where one can say of an antagonist, 'If he wants to reach my capital he must come by here.' In the air all directions lead everywhere.
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I believe that a small action or a subtle gesture in life can change many, many things.
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When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
