Megan Smith Quotes
I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
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It's important to focus on how we can strengthen international trade.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.
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I just don't have this magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. I don't make friends easily... I'm just not one of those people.
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Flattery, in Tuppence’s opinion, should always be laid on with a trowel where a man is concerned.
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The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending.
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I think marriage works for some people, but I just don't think it could work for me. I don't see it.
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In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.
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It is worth noting that 'too big to fail' is not simply about size. A big institution is 'too big' when there is an expectation that government will do whatever it takes to rescue that institution from failure, thus bestowing an effective risk premium subsidy. Reforms to end 'too big to fail' must address the causes of this expectation.
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Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.
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You are a child if you thought I didn’t know, for all your smothering yourself under that hot lap robe. Of course, I knew. Why else do you think I’ve been—” He stopped suddenly and a silence fell between them. He picked up the reins and clucked to the horse.
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School was very difficult. I was conscious of how I looked.
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You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame and self-pity. There is a better way to live.
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You can parody almost anything.
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Violence is man re-creating himself.
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I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.
