Zephyr Teachout Quotes
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.Zephyr Teachout
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
Edmund Phelps -
By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
Victoria Woodhull -
My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
Dambisa Moyo -
I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
Aaron Douglas -
When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
Wendy Kopp -
Our best thoughts come from others.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Saint Augustine -
Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
Katha Pollitt -
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
S. I. Hayakawa -
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
Adam Hamilton
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I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role, you start to get cast in that role for awhile because that's what people have seen you do, and have hopefully seen you do it successfully.
Fran Kranz -
In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
Walt Mossberg -
If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.
Barry Ritholtz -
I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
Nancy Grace -
When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Oprah Winfrey -
I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.
Douglas Brinkley -
I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.
David Duchovny -
But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul. I had a good foundation at home, so when I was able to go off and do these things in baseball there was always support.
Dave Winfield -
Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people.
Danny Meyer -
The people running Silicon Valley are not making the show because they want to do a satire of Silicon Valley. They are just comedy writers, and they want to make a funny show.
Daniel Lyons -
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.
Zephyr Teachout