Jim Cooper Quotes
Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.
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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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A number of organizations are already using Web GIS to create shared information and facilitate collaboration, and it is literally changing the way organizations operate.
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
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I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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I cry a lot, and I have no problem with that at all. Listening to your emotions is part of being alive.
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I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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Contemporary art and the Communist Party are an impossible situation. It’s like oil and water-they can never mix.
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It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
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I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.
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...it becomes clear that, given our diversity, no single religion satisfies all humanity. ... And since the majority does not practice religion, I am concerned to try to find a way to serve all humanity without appealing to religious faith.
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Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.
