George Packer Quotes
Over the years, America had become more like Wal-Mart. It had gotten cheap. Prices were lower, and wages were lower. There were fewer union factory jobs and more part-time jobs as greeters.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
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Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.
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The NSA is already bugging everything that everybody does. Each time there's a new revelation from Snowden, you realise the extent of it.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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Over the years, America had become more like Wal-Mart. It had gotten cheap. Prices were lower, and wages were lower. There were fewer union factory jobs and more part-time jobs as greeters.
