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		A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pete Seeger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harry Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence Welch 
			 
			
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		A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Rayburn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. August Richards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian MacKaye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taryn Manning 
			 
			
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		I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tamsin Egerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flourish, and create good jobs for our people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maggie Hassan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdelaziz Bouteflika 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. L. Mencken 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Haley Lu Richardson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damien Hirst 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There are parallels between the 1960s and now, because during the 1960s, people were being slaughtered, their lives were being taken, there was violence, greed, drugs were rising - just all of this. And my uncle was saying, you've got to come back to faith, hope and love. Now, you get the translation and say faith, hope and charity - faith, hope and love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alveda King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mick Jagger 
			 
			
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		Therefore, your mistakes and your failures are blessings; opportunities for the best in parenting. And those who point out your mistakes are not your enemies, but the most valuable of friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William Martin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pete Seeger