Jennifer Pahlka Quotes
You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
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We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enthusiastic as ever about Bitcoin as a global currency and, really more importantly, Bitcoin as a global financial rail.
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You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.
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I've been in front of a camera since I was a little girl, and that's the medium I understand.
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My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.
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As long as I've known music, Bose has been the company to listen to. They're a lot of fun to work with, but also being able to associate yourself with such a high-quality product is great.
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When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The competitiveness and the minds that work in those offices are incredible.
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When I sing a set, people will say, 'I love 'Mayday.' People just love 'Mayday' so much. I love it too.
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I don't have anything Olympic in our house - no pictures, none of that stuff. Consciously I do that. With 10 children, I don't want to hold that over their heads.
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Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.
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We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.
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The dawn smiles, repelling gloom, At the dawn with violence, At every meet season, At the meet season of his turnings, At the four stages of his course, I will extol him that judges violence, Of the strong din, deep his wrath. I am not a man, cowardly, gray, A scum near the wattle.
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i'm not scared of ruining my image. i think that's right. as long as i'm a celebrity, i want people to look at me and be happy. if people become happy and have fun by seeing me wreck my image, i think that's more than enough for me.
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The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.
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I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.
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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.
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I think the relationship between the USA and Russia is too important. And it's too important to not find a way to move forward.
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You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.
