Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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From the consumer perspective, what happened in the U.S. 10 years ago and Europe five years ago is now happening in Russia. People are beginning to understand that e-commerce is easy and safe.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.
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Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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The White House New Media team circulates multiple highlights each day of what people are looking for online - Twitter trending topics, popular Google searches, etc. - and it gives us a sense of what's breaking through, what isn't, and a sanity check for what the larger online population cares about at any given time.
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Every job is important because each one represents an American's livelihood and ability to raise a family. Yet spending our time building walls around America will do nothing to help us compete for the millions of new jobs being created.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I think it is really important that people at least have some potentially difficult discussions about what their expectations are - and not just financially - prior to getting married. It should really even happen prior to people living together or casting their lot together.
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I think a lot about the private emotions of black people - what we feel and yet is rarely publicly expressed.
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Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job interview.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
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I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever.
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Money is sensual.
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We are at a unique moment in history - when a woman’s body is affected, we say the choice is hers; but when a boy’s body is affected, we say the choice is not his - the law requires our 18 year old sons to register for the draft, and therefore potential death-if-needed.
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It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.
