Alexandra Potter Quotes
Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don’t ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don’t assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late.
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Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.
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I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.
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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
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It’s weird that there are so many people at Harvard who do amazing things outside the classroom. It just so happens that people like to watch what I do.
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So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.
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Imagination comes of not having things.
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American politicians who dwell on American exceptionalism only dishonor us by suggesting we play dumb to our past.
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Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.
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I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.
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I think copyright has its right to exist, absolutely, and I think that it's up to copyright creators to come up with new solutions that deal with the reality of the world we're living in today.
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The greatest luxury of having money should be not having to worry about it.
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Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.
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I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.
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Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don’t ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don’t assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late.
