Ralph Nader Quotes
Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
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I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I started out doing musicals.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much.
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Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.
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In your cocoon, occasionally you shout complaints, such as, "Leave me alone!" "Bug off!" "I want to be who I am!"... which comes from fighting against your environment... You can raise your head and just take a little peek out of the cocoon... The environment is friendly. It is called "Planet Earth.
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We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.
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My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters.
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Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.
