Thomas A. Edison Quotes
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I thought we had pretty well effectively wiped out al Qaeda.
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I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.
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Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.
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The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
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I want to work with my friends because Canadian genre publishing is a really small pool.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.
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I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
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Our interests are indeed common European interests, and the only way to serve them is by common means. That is why all Europeans, and all E.U. member states, have a collective responsibility to strengthen our Union.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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AI is much more advanced than people realize. ... Humanity's position on this planet depends on its intelligence so if our intelligence is exceeded, it's unlikely that we will remain in charge of the planet.
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I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.
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Reaganomics: You start a business in your parents' garage. Obamanomics: You move into your parents' garage.
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'One Tree Hill' will always be very, very special to me. It was my first television show. And my first gig in the business. It was surreal. I booked the role when I was 13. I had just started high school, and literally, I think, a week into high school, I found out I got the role. It was unimaginable! I learned so much from that show.
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My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
