Arthur George Street (A. G. Street) Quotes
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
Samuel J. Palmisano -
I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
Karen Thompson Walker -
I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
Daniel Boulud -
I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
Ingrid Betancourt -
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
Samuel Goldwyn -
It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
J. B. Pritzker
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
Saint Ignatius -
As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
Hank Stram -
Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
Yair Lapid -
A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
Vanessa Hudgens -
The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
Gail O'Grady -
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
Nathaniel Branden
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
H. P. Lovecraft -
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
Kate Atkinson -
As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
Baruch Spinoza -
I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, complicated and weird. I had no idea what an amazing way it is to reach people.
B. D. Wong
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I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
Gabrielle Union -
Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.
Oprah Winfrey -
A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.
John Kricfalusi -
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.
Samuel Johnson -
Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.
Arthur George Street