F. Thomson Leighton Quotes
Taxes are our main revenue, ... We have to rebuild the city by attracting working class families. To do that we need good jobs and affordable housing in a clean, safe city.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl as a friend. Also, I'm so engrossed in cricket that I've never found an opportunity to interact with girls very closely. In a way, it's better, as my mind doesn't get diverted!
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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I know what poverty is.
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You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.
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Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.
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I have a very all-over-the-place lifestyle. The people I know who are married - 90 percent of them have houses and live in the same place and sleep in the same bed every night.
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When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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When I was a boy in Desuq, Egypt, a city on the Rosetta branch of the Nile, about 50 miles east of Alexandria, my family lived steps away from the local landmark, a mosque named for a 13th-century Sufi sheik.
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Taxes are our main revenue, ... We have to rebuild the city by attracting working class families. To do that we need good jobs and affordable housing in a clean, safe city.
