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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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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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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I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
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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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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 - I was the youngest of four daughters and we had all been taught by him. But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day.
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The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine, but what explains the education? How much is just a matter of my giving you a poor kid versus a rich kid?'
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The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.
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Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.
