F. William Engdahl Quotes
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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Was Jesus the son of God? Yes. But so are you. You just haven't realized it yet.
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The ideal would be to have a career like Meryl Streep's or Kate Winslet's. It's just unbelievable how they manage to make such incredible choices one after the other. If you could have a career anything like that, then that would be a great thing.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans.
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The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one’s influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it.
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I think that, generally, a woman brings in luck for her husband after marriage, but in my case, my husband is lucky for me.
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When I took over the family business, it had already been a publicly traded company for 20 years. During one of the first annual meetings I attended, one shareholder stood up and advised me and everyone in attendance that I should resign.
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We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
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Behind the panic: financial warfare over future of global bank power