John Steinbeck Quotes
A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. A plan once made and visualized becomes a reality along with other realities-never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked.
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
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At the Cruiserweight Classic finale, I said... I don't know if people had looked it up, or if they had heard it before, but it was an old Zen proverb. 'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood, carry water.' It can be interpreted a lot of ways, but for the most part it's about staying in the moment.
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.
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A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. A plan once made and visualized becomes a reality along with other realities-never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked.
