Thomas A. Edison Quotes
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful .
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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Give me a highly successful unionized industry.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Some days, I feel like I should win Best Mom of the Day award, and some days, I find myself doing strange things that don't have any real purpose, in faraway corners in my house, and I realize I am literally and deliberately hiding from my children.
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Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.
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To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful .
