George Eliot Quotes
Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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Whenever someone says to me, 'Are you for or against Common Core,' the first question I ask is, 'What do you think Common Core is?' You will get a different answer from every single person. You will literally get a different answer.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
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When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.
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'American Music' is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings.
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I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.
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My wife says to do the dishes, and I'm like, 'Yes, baby. I can clean up.'
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Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.
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In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.
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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
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When Saddam Hussein was eliminated, the Iraqi statehood and thousands of people from the former Baath party were also eliminated. Thousands of Iraqi servicemen, who were part of the state's Sunni elite, found themselves thrown out into the street. No one gave a thought about them, and today they end up in the ISIS army.
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Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.
