George Washington Quotes

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

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• Export anything to a friendly country except American management.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Country
  • American
  • Management

• The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • United States
  • Muslim

• A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
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  • Person
  • Others

• Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that's what our whole country is based on. It's amazing that Michael Jordan can be an iconic figure because he's basically just protein.

  

  Ira Glass
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  • Food
  • Amazing

• Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  • Impossible

• I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
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  • Love
  • Perfect

• Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Country
  • Freedom
  • Respect

• I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
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  • Want
  • Goals

• Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.

  

  Jack Welch
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• Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.

  

  Omar Bongo
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  • Drama

• If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
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  • You
  • Community

• If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

  

  Harriet Martineau
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  • True
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• I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

  

  Paolo Sorrentino
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• We've never made progress in this country or in this state by lowering expectations.

  

  Maggie Hassan
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  • Progress
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• I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.

  

  Mamie Gummer
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• In graduate school, Aubrey Berg at the Cincinnati Conservatory gave me the chance to perform with the best in the country in Broadway caliber productions.

  

  Aaron Lazar
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  • Best

• Sometimes, in the midst of a tragedy like the Newton massacre, we witness incredible acts of valor, tenderness, grace, and decency. We saw it from Sandy Hook Elementary School's teachers, students, and parents, as well as from their community and country. The outpouring of sympathy and help has been touching and, at times, inspiring.

  

  Brown Campbell
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  • School
  • Help

• What's really happening is that every bank in the country is experimenting with the blockchain and experimenting with bitcoin to figure out where the value is. For the first time ever, they're working hand in hand with startups. Banks are asking startups for help to build products.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Time
  • Country
  • Help

• Getting a college degree used to be free or low cost because, as a society, we saw providing higher education to young people as an investment - in them and in the future of our own country.

  

  Pramila Jayapal
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  • Country
  • Future

• Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

  

  Ada Cambridge
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  • Anchor
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• 'I feel that very rarely have I done any work in my life. I have a good time. I'm exploring. I'm playing a game, solving puzzles, and having fun, and for some reason people have been willing to pay me for it. Officially, I was supposed to retire years ago, but retire from what? Why stop having a good time?'

  

  Charles H. Townes
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  • Time

• I do think that deciding between a particular discovery and a technological breakthrough - I would always think the impact is probably much larger for the technological breakthrough.

  

  Joachim Frank

• Playing for England was one long roller-coaster: some ups and downs, but also quite a few moments when you're not really sure if you're enjoying the ride.

  

  Gary Neville
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• It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

  

  George Washington
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