Thomas A. Edison Quotes
There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meetand that is the first requisite of business.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation.
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I have a very small public.
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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.
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We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.
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We took Infosys public. That was a nonstop three-week global roadshow.
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I am quite a private person.
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We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.
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We count on the FEC to be the public's watchdog.
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I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.
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A couple of defeats, and you are gone - that's the danger of World Cups.
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For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
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I'd love a werebear. But I guess you need that seductive element of danger. And though bears can be dangerous, when you say werebear it just sounds kind of cuddly. Probably has a rainbow on his belly.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
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There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.
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The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private.
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As ideas are preserved and communicated by means of words, it necessarily follows that we cannot improve the language of any science, without at the same time improving the science itself; neither can we, on the other hand, improve a science without improving the language or nomenclature which belongs to it.
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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man.
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There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meetand that is the first requisite of business.
