William Langewiesche Quotes
I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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I'm a dork!
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If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
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There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.
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Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make sure that the society as a whole does right by people who are poor, are working class, are aspiring to a better life for their kids.
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I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"
