Alan Bersin Quotes
Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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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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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
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When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
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I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.
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I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
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My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.
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I was interested in cross-pollinating the two. I thought there was something lovely in the little vignette forms. I wanted to explore that.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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What would happen if you melted? You know, you never really hear this talked about much, but spontaneous combustion? It exists!... [people] burn from within... sometimes they'll be in a wooden chair and the chair won't burn, but there'll be nothing left of the person. Except sometimes his teeth. Or the heart. No one speaks about this, but its for real.
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Our value proposition to consumers is so much more about completeness than freshness. Having the complete season is so much more valuable, in our business model, than having last night's episode.
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With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important.
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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
