John Dickerson Quotes
In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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We have to slow down the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from coal burning, oil and eventually natural gas... And the best ways to do that are energy efficiency and a switch to renewables.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
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Great wars can only be fought by great powers.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of destroy, how to love instead of hate, how to live instead of long for more. When we nailed God to a tree, God forgave. And when we buried God in the ground. God got up.
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In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.
