Maurice Strong Quotes
'Our concepts of ballot-box democracy may need to be modified to produce strong governments capable of making difficult decisions.'

Quotes to Explore
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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She thinks she's kept me. She would have kept me better if she had let me go now.
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If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
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God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
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No matter what your hair looks like once it's wet, it's about embracing it and loving yourself for you and all that that entails.
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A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
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'Our concepts of ballot-box democracy may need to be modified to produce strong governments capable of making difficult decisions.'