John F. Kennedy Quotes

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

John F. Kennedy

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• Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.

  

  Barton Gellman
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  • Today
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• Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Why
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• Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Heart
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• Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • People
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• We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.

  

  Ian Jackson
  • Great
  • Quality
  • Value

• When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Writing
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• I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Truth

• Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.

  

  Yves Behar
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Design

• At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • History
  • Vote
  • Opinions

• I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Up
  • Play
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• You have to learn how to act a pop song. You have to find the balance of the pop from the pop song and the lyrical significance of the scene you are in.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Song
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  • Balance

• For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.

  

  Fanny Burney
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Friends

• When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.

  

  Sampha
  • Alone
  • Feelings
  • Thoughts

• I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Writing
  • Know
  • Hip Hop

• I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Strong

• I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Being

• My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Friend
  • Positive

• Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
  • People
  • Want
  • Fool

• There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • People
  • Character
  • Laugh

• If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Mind
  • Friends
  • Happy

• You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Fear
  • Trust
  • Unity

• The unfulfilling job is not the failure; not pursuing your dreams is the real failure. Developing a vision requires conquering your fears and finding motivation from within.

  

  Peter Murphy Bauhaus
  • Real
  • Dream
  • Fear

• I used to be really nervous to perform in front of people. I would cry.

  

  Normani Kordei Hamilton Fifth Harmony
  • People
  • Cry
  • Perform

• Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

  

  John F. Kennedy
  • Fear