William Greider Quotes
The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.
Quotes to Explore
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
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I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.
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Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.
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You will not see, in my career, the kind of returns this industry had in 2005 and 2006 for a very simple reason - the banks were undercapitalized, and returns are a function of earnings and capital.
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If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.
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The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.
