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'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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Twilio is a great example of a company executing tremendously well on its vision and delivering a beautiful set of products that solves real problems.
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If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener.
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When discussing the rise and fall of empires, it is well to mark closely their rate of growth, avoiding the temptation to telescope time and discover too early signs of greatness in a state which we know will one day be great, or to predict too early the collapse of an empire which we know will one day cease to be. The life-span of empires cannot be plotted by events, only by careful diagnosis and ausculation--and as in medicine there is always room for error.
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More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.
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My mom would walk through a fire pit for me, and I'd do the same for her.
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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.
