Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most.
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Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.
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I've had people break into profiles on my Internet; they got into my accounts. This was at the beginning of my career. There is a fair bit of alarm when something like that happens. It definitely bothered me a lot at the time. But you move on from these things.
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I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.
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You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre.
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People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.
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People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
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Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.
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You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.
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It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.
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Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.
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I think so much of my life had me growing up under extreme poverty and really challenging conditions, with having the police in my neighborhood and seeing the impact of over-incarceration. Having a father love up on me and remind of who I was, and my strength against those conditions, really shaped why I'm an organizer today.
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There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.
