John Wesley Powell Quotes
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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Cultural industries will be the next engine for growth after real estate, and Wanda will make cultural industries our long-term focus.
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It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
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I think there is something to be said for not feeling like just because you're a model you have to be dressed up, look amazing, go to every party, and be smiling all the time.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.
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'Clash Of The Titans' is one of the biggest movies I've done; it was certainly the most effects I've worked with.
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I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.
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Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.
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Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
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It is very important, to have a robust digital economy, that the citizens regain the trust in how their data are being processed and who can access them.
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If you care about the news and write what you want to read - not just what you think Google search wants to read - there are people out there who want to read it.
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I don't think I would change really anything about rap. Rap don't have no limits to it, and I like it like that.
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Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.
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Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.
