William Butler Yeats Quotes
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With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City.
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Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but not the innovators who perhaps have not seen such high-flying levels of success. Can anyone name the inventors of GPS, which has such a huge impact on our lives today?
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The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do, and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'
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I realized I have an appetite for stunts. I learned how to do them myself.
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When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.
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If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.
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You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.
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Acting has never excited me.
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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes.
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The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.
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The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
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There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each persons story is as different as his fingertips.
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When I think of 'Mad Dog Time,' I think of the fact that I got to drive fast cars all day long up in Canada. That was really fun. We were on these back roads with these great cars.
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Divorce is not the end of the world. It's worse to stay in an unhealthy marriage. That's a worse example for the children.
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This is something I've struggled with a lot: how to relate to the fear in a constructive way. It's not that you eliminate the fear. We have all the fears. That's natural; that's human beings. But how do you deal with the fears, how do you engage with your fears in a way that's productive?
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The vicar gave him permission and he kissed her - not hard, for lust, nor long, for love, but a light brush of his lips for the brief space of time that she would stay in his life.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.
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Not a man alive has so much luck that he can play with it.
