Wes Moore Quotes
The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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I am a reserved guy and need somebody to pep me up every day, Upsi does that job perfectly. She is very vivacious and outspoken, so we blend very well. We both love travelling, and we have a thing for adventure. We love being outdoors and like to ride our own boat rather than being rowed by someone else.
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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.
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I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great.
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So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.
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There is one sound way a man can bind a woman to him, the same way she will bind him, and with the same rope.
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For to me, this word Art, in its largest sense, signifies those who take pleasure in their work... Artist-carpenters who adjust with joy dovetails and mortises; artist-masons who handle lovingly their trowels; artist-cab drivers, proud of treating their horses humanely-what an ideal state of society that would be.
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People work hard for their money, and they expect services for the dollars they put into the city.
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Nobody is completely perfect.
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I don't see the point of belonging to a party on the increasingly dubious assumption that it's slightly less bad than the opposition.
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A highway sign used to welcome people to New Haven, birthplace of President George W. Bush. But it was vandalized so much, it was finally taken down for good.
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What I love most about fatherhood is the opportunity to be a part of the development process of a new life.
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Africa has lost its dream, and when people don't have a dream and don't pursue it, they flounder. People are shocked that I would move to Africa. But I say the place of greatest need is the place of greatest opportunity.
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I think the common elements first are that, basically, we are entering markets or in markets that are deregulating or have recently deregulated, and so they have become competitive, moving from monopoly franchise-type businesses to competitive, market-oriented businesses.
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I'd like to dress up more often and wear dresses, but I never get the chance. I'd also like to learn to do my own makeup.
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The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.
