Tom Harkin Quotes
I think the American people said, look, you know, we can't control what every government does to its people, but we shouldn't be aiding and assisting a government in having these kinds of repressive prisons. It added to the public outcry against our involvement in Vietnam.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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People who are over-educated become risk-averse.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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I want to have a normal high-school experience.
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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011.
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To have nothing to say and to say it in a tragic manner is not the same thing as having something to say.
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It's not always easy for a mainstream organization to accept what a blog is.
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As we all know, sequels can be tricky.
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I've always been a fan of Coldplay.
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I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work - what sets them apart is a maverick quality. People who are not afraid to bend the rules in order to achieve the universally desired end.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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That's the spirit in which I went to New York to be with my husband, and when I knocked on the hotel door, she opened the door as Caitlyn as we now know her - full makeup and fully dressed as a woman. So it was devastating to me to see because I had envisioned Bruce opening the door, but it was helpful in my process.
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Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
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I think the American people said, look, you know, we can't control what every government does to its people, but we shouldn't be aiding and assisting a government in having these kinds of repressive prisons. It added to the public outcry against our involvement in Vietnam.
