Jacob Lew Quotes
The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.
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I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
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A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.
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I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
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I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.
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There's only one thing you can do in bankruptcy: break your word, break your deals. It allows you to say to the small businesses, who have been catering lunches for you, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.' It allows you to go to the workers and say, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.'
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I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that had held previous experience in that particular satellite. So, I was in that, in a good position then.
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I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I enjoy also beginning a new book. It's like being someone else.
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I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad.
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A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
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In listing these tendencies making for a new world, we must not forget developments in the religious or spiritual thinking and feeling of mankind, where also we feel a strong unifying trend.
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Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial.
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I've got a radio that occasionally I listen to. It's portable. It's got an antenna. I've put a piece of aluminum foil on it that gives me a little bit better reception. And a refrigerator.
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You can't go wrong with relatively simple comfort food. It's also about ease. Some cook to impress. I cook for people to enjoy the food.
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I've always been a serial monogamist.
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The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
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Betty died of a broken heart. Some people laugh when they hear that phrase, but that's because they don't know anything about the world. People die of broken hearts. It happens every day, and it will go on happening to the end of time.
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Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.
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Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
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Visualization is often used for evil - twisting insignificant data changes and making them look meaningful. Don't do that crap if you want to be my friend. Present results clearly and honestly. If something isn't working - those reviewing results need to know.
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The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.
