P. W. Singer Quotes
We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.
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Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.
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Lanai at one time grew 98% of the world's pineapples. But the world's pineapples are now grown in two places, Costa Rica and Panama, because no one wants to spend $45 for a pineapple from the United States.
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.
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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.
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Our World War II generation met the challenges of their time.
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This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.
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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.
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The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.
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Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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So many girls only care about guys and looking good all the time.
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I have the highest goals for myself. That's going out there and being the best player on the floor every time. That's my mentality. If it's Michael Jordan, you know, that's the mentality I take to the court.
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Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.
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My movies are not messed with by the studios.
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Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
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Surrender your expectations. Surrender your doubts. Surrender your fears. Surrender your strengths. Surrender your anger. Surrender your control.
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
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I wash my own dishes; I do my own laundry. I'm not a glamorous person at all, not at all.
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We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.
