Walter Bagehot Quotes
Most men of business think 'Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.'
Quotes to Explore
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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But I think we need the international market.
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My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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When I stopped eating meat, I fell in love with East Indian food - there's so much selection, and they use the most beautiful spices.
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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
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Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.
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My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.
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I'm never going to do something that I don't want to do, because I've been given the opportunity to not have to do that.
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It is true that the moral consciousness of the world must recognize the importance of removing injustices and well-founded grievances; but at the same time it must be aroused to the cardinal necessity of honoring sanctity of treaties, of respecting the rights and liberties of others, and of putting an end to acts of international aggression.
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Most men of business think 'Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.'
