Dan Monson Quotes
People remember you as you leave a program not in the middle of it or how you came in. And I think that's something they're all trying to focus on.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple's silence on heavy metal pollution problems.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
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Humans make errors. We make errors of fact and errors of judgment. We have blind spots in our field of vision and gaps in our stream of attention. Sometimes we can't even answer the simplest questions.
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There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
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I'm a terrible cook, but I make very good lobster salad.
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I am not a dancehall artist, and I am not a reggae artist.
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At 13, in my first year of Tonbridge, I went up for the part of Macbeth. I was up against the 17- and 18-year-olds, but for some reason I got the part. It made me incredibly unpopular with my peers, but it was the English and drama teachers who stepped in to save me when others wanted me kicked out of the school.
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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
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My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.
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On our own we simply don't know how to get things done the same way you do things. But, like everyone else, we want to do the best we possibly can. When we sense you've given up on us, it makes us feel miserable. So please keep helping us, through to the end.
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People remember you as you leave a program not in the middle of it or how you came in. And I think that's something they're all trying to focus on.
