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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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.
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When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people come in and out of it all the time. On a nice day, office workers and students sit on the lawn outside and have lunch. It's great to see how Northern Ireland has changed. To be part of that is fantastic.
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The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.
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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.
