George Packer Quotes
If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.
George Packer
Quotes to Explore
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
Ha-Joon Chang
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
Gavin Hood
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
Yuliya Snigir
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
Barry Manilow
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
Mamie Van Doren
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
J. Philippe Rushton
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
Omar Khayyam
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
Washington Allston
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While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from the countries who are fighting ISIS.
Jack Keane
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
Kate Bosworth
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
Mandy Moore
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
Flea
Jane's Addiction
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The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
Viggo Mortensen
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There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
Eben Alexander
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
Oscar Wilde
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Shell has poured billions of dollars into offshore Arctic drilling, but no matter how much it spends, it cannot make the effort anything but a terrifying gamble. And if Shell, the most profitable company on Earth, can't buy its way to safety in Alaska, nobody can.
Frances Beinecke
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How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?
Donald Justice
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Imagine Americans who go to Paris. Why would you want to go where someone's going to disparage you? Why would you go anywhere where they treat you bad? Well, that's how it is for us to go to Mexico. You have to be on your guard, because I think the Mexicans are harder on the Mexicans, the Mexican-Americans. They don't see us as Mexican. I think part of it's a class issue and a color issue. We're more connected to their servants, so what are we doing staying at a nice hotel? There's a kind of shame.
Sandra Cisneros
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
Irvine Welsh
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The Strokes, you bond when you're 18, and you're friends. The feeling's different. When all of us get into a room, we feel like the same people from before. We weren't anybody; we were just hanging out. It's hard to understand if you're not in a band. You're one-fifth.
Albert Hammond, Jr.
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If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.
George Packer