Evan Esar Quotes
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Engaged, enthusiastic, and loyal employees are pivotal drivers of growth and health in any organization.
Patrick Lencioni -
There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.
Walter Murch -
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
Hank Johnson -
RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
Frances O'Grady -
To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.
Aaron Ciechanover -
I'm not doing no more 'Flavor of Loves.' I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. You can't stay on the same page in order to get to the next chap.
Flavor Flav
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As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.
Patrick Duffy -
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
Samuel Johnson -
If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're not being treated properly or that they're not being paid fairly, what you're going to have is you're going to have people doing the minimum amount of work necessary to not get fired, and not a peppercorn more.
Dan Pink -
It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
Yuri Milner -
I'm doing what I want to do.
Nancy Reagan
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If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.
Dan Webster -
It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
Floyd Abrams -
I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
Nadine Velazquez -
I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
Carly Fiorina -
People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.
Laura Marling -
Doing Broadway was always a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
Olivia d'Abo
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
Xavier Dolan -
I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an image.
Vijay Sethupathi -
Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.
Andrew Solomon -
We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
Wendy Kopp -
I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.
Sandra Bernhard -
Many an actor does the stage more ham than good.
Evan Esar