Steven Burd (Steven A. Burd) Quotes
In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health care while taking costs down and using the savings to help finance coverage of low-income people who are clearly going to need help to pay for insurance.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.
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Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological and generally suspicious of people who are.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.
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When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice'.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.
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I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.
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The rabbis will find in me personally someone who cares about their future and welfare.
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If I am going to know who Jesus is, I must obey Him. The majority of us don't know Jesus because we have not the remotest intention of obeying Him.
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He was like an adult playing with kids. He was getting shots for different kids.
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Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.
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In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health care while taking costs down and using the savings to help finance coverage of low-income people who are clearly going to need help to pay for insurance.
