Tom Ridge Quotes
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
Patrick Lencioni -
I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
Natalie Portman -
I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
Barbra Streisand -
A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
Jack Lowden -
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
Francesca Annis -
All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
Maeve Binchy
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
Daniel Clowes -
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
Nathan Deal -
Every serious nuclear accident involves operator error, so you want to eliminate the operator altogether.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books.
Karin Slaughter -
While our military mission is narrowly focused on saving lives, we continue to pursue the broader goal of a Libya that belongs not to a dictator, but to its people.
Barack Obama
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Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.
P. J. O'Rourke -
When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life.
Eckhart Tolle -
She's not a legend. She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. She can't be a legend, you have to be older.
Lauren Bacall -
The truth is that I have lived on an even keel. I don't go down, and I don't go up. I believe in living above the line. Above the line is happiness and love, you know. Below the line is all sadness and destruction and unhappiness. And I don't go down below the line for anything.
Agnes Martin -
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
James S. Coleman -
I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.
Lynn Coady
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In terms of rock and roll, I'm often drawn to louder, rougher stuff; maybe that's my history as a punk rock wannabee showing itself! Honestly, though, I'm not one of those people who listens to music constantly. I really love silence.
Jennifer Egan -
Then they died.And other men came after them. Wars flamed up and burned out; the howling peoples dwelt in smashed cities and kindled their fires with books.
Poul Anderson -
I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
Any manual skill gives its practitioner much personal pleasure, particularly when it is one that admits of constant improvement.
R. M. Williams -
An idea on paper to a reality in large part.
Tom Ridge