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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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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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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Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese.
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Thought shattering itself against its own nothingness is the explosion of meditation.
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on Arnold Schwarzenegger That motherfucker be ORANGE. ...I am not against people of color, but that is a fucked-up color. I think that him and Donatella Versace, they gonna start a whole new race of Oompa-Loompa.
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There are no such things as secrets only truths that have yet to be revealed.
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Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
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In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare.
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The mind is really powerful.
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There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.
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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.
