Jared Polis Quotes
From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.
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The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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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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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
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It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.
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It's just way more fun making art, growing, grinding for a fan base, and traveling the world with a friend.
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From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended.
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
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From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly.
