Jacob Lew Quotes
I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging into another.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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Legislators should demand that we not go through the entire pension reform debate just to apply a band-aid when this patient needs a quadruple bypass.
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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The highest state is laughter.
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But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
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I'm too much of a big kid.
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I was swept by the narrative structure of film... you can create a world, you can destroy it, you can do what you want with it and serve it to people just the way you like.
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When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.
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Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.
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The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, it sends students the message that the world is a zero-sum game: Your success means my failure.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state.
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There's nothing like success.
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'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
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We're going to move a lot of crude (oil) in this country, and we have to learn how to do it very safely. 'Buffett: Moving Oil By Rail Safely Is A Major Industry Concern' Investing.com (24 April 2014)
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Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?
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I've never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It's always just been about thinking about life and how relationships fit in to what life means.
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I certainly do not begin with any meaning. It is as though my hands do all the thinking.
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Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.
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I often set two alarm clocks because I'm afraid the first one won't actually make me get up.
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I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging into another.
