John Ralston Saul Quotes
Because the managerial élites are now so large and have such a dominant effect on our educational system, we are actually teaching most people to manage, not to think. Not only do we not reward thought, we punish it as unprofessional.John Ralston Saul
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
Van Morrison -
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
Wayne Dyer -
I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
Mads Mikkelsen -
I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
Hansika Motwani -
I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
Frances Beinecke -
I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
Natalie Martinez
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
Larry Page -
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
Iris Apfel -
I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
Tamera Mowry -
The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
Jack Gleeson -
There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
Earl Warren
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
Faith Hill -
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
Rafael Correa -
Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
Tammy Blanchard -
I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
Ian Botham -
The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Bashar al-Assad -
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Larry Smith
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But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there.
Jarvis Cocker Pulp -
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
Beth Gibbons Portishead -
I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.
John Malkovich -
Because the managerial élites are now so large and have such a dominant effect on our educational system, we are actually teaching most people to manage, not to think. Not only do we not reward thought, we punish it as unprofessional.
John Ralston Saul