Jerry Yang Quotes
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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Frank Sobotka in 'The Wire' on HBO was one of the greatest characters I've ever played. They cut his throat at the end of that season. There's something about creative coupling that seems to go with great characters, and the fact that you can never play them again once you're done.
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When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.
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I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.
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I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
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People love me everywhere I go.
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People regard Yahoo as a platform for essential services, and it's had a profound impact on the way people obtain information, communicate, and their entertainment.
