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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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 dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.
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People ask me whether I'd like another child, and it is difficult to answer, as I am so happy with the two I have.
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I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?
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They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.
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The commitment to literacy was constant on the part of African Americans. And the percentages of literacy by the end of the century, by 1900, basic literacy has galloped ahead. People believed that education, of course, was the turnstile for advancement.
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The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.
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Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.
