Joe Biden Quotes
My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'
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If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.
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I love so many styles of music.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
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When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.
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'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.
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There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.
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Some of the kids in school used to call my father a fake or a phony. That kind of thing brought on a few fights.
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While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.
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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
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My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'
