Nick Hanauer Quotes
Greed is a sin because humans are social creatures. And they simply cannot survive without the opposite of greed, which is cooperation.
Quotes to Explore
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
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Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
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Oofy, thinking of the tenner he had given Freddie, writhed like an electric fan.
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I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.
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I will defend anyone as long as the client gives me total control of the case and pays up front.
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My years with Aretha Franklin have been very special, as were the years making records with Dionne Warwick. Other highlights include working with Janis Joplin, who was the first artist I ever signed, as well as Patti Smith and Alicia Keys.
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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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Hymns are the poetry of the people.
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I could stuff a pillow with the amount of confetti I have had thrown at me. And could I sleep easily on that? No.
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Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first internal inconsistency of contemporary atheism: it proclaims that all religion must necessarily vanish away, and it is itself a religious phenomena.
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What did I do to deserve this?
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Ah! Five hundred years I have toiled to entice this creature, despairing, doubting, brooding by night, yet never abandoning hope that my calculations were accurate and my great talisman cogent. Then, when finally it appears, you fall upon it for no other reason than to sate your repulsive gluttony!
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War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.
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It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.
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People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen. And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.
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Greed is a sin because humans are social creatures. And they simply cannot survive without the opposite of greed, which is cooperation.
