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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When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.
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We filmed 'Expelled' in Santa Clarita at an all-girl's school. There were twelve hour days.
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In many U.S. schools, sports instilled leadership and persistence in one group of kids while draining focus and resources from academics for everyone. The lesson wasn't that sports couldn't coexist with education; it was that sports had nothing to do with education.
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When you work with people you aspire to be like, you pay attention to them.
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I support American energy production, and it will be produced by companies - Exxon, BP, Shell - and continue to support American energy.
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Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.
