Mary Barnett Gilson Quotes
The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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I am passionate about what design can do - how far it can support the new ideas and the new ways of living of this 21st Century. Good design accelerates this exciting future where manufacturing is local, materials and processes are cradle to cradle, business models are both socially and financially driven.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.
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He that serves God is resigned up into him, and in all things has respect to truth and righteousness, and will promote that.
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The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.
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We ask our companies to restructure; we ask employees to work more for less money because there is overproduction, but then we're unable to defend them from cheaper Chinese imports. We are insane.
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The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.
