George McGovern Quotes
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.
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Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.
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The mind itself is of the form of all, i.e., of soul, God and world; when it becomes of the form of the Self through knowledge, there is release, which is of the nature of Brahman: this is the teaching.
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One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.
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Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind.... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.
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Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.
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Science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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I want to keep getting all-pros, keep stacking them.
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Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.
