Benjamin Hooks Quotes
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti.
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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.
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My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54... I'm making sure I'm eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat.
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I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one life either.
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Passion--it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.
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History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the salamander of the human soul.
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Success is completion. Success is being able to complete what we set out to do - each individual action, each specific step, each desired experience whether a big project or a very small errand.
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A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
