George Packer Quotes
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.
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Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.
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Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.
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Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.
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When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.
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You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.
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The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.
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I don't want to dog the NFL.
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The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.
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'The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.'
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No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?
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I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curls But my mother she give me something It's going to carry me through this world.
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When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.
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I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them.
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You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.
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I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.
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Microsoft doesn't have to make back the purchase price. They have to make something of Skype, not from Skype. If they fail to grow as a company, I'm going to conclude that Microsoft has officially and deliberately taken themselves off the list of "A list innovators."
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There are already gay players in the NFL and have been for a while.
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It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.
