Maurice Strong Quotes
My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.
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Life is about timing.
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The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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Canada is a big part of my life.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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A lot of people want to discredit me.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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Wherever I go I make others feel good, and by doing this, I create life. I am a sting, and a dangerous instrument!
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Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.
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But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise.
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As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.
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I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.
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It's really important that people know about it and the issue in schools because it happens every day to people and it really hurts when people get bullied.
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Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.
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Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd be played on country radio - all that stuff would. I think the genre has opened itself up to more styles of country, and I think that's a good thing.
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Without electrons, there is no Google. And without clean electrons, there will be no Google customers, since we'll all be too busy fleeing from rising seas, droughts, and disease.
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At some point, you got to stop caring about people's expectations and care only about your expectations of yourself.
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I don't like living around too many fancy-pantsy folks. That ain't my thing. I'm not into phony people.
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My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.
