Fareed Zakaria Quotes
The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.
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It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last thing I want to do is to do it again.
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The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit.
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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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In America, public opinion is the leader.
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Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
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There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness.
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It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
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When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.
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As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.
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The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.
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Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.
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According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.
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I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
