George Meany Quotes
Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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True, I was born and raised in Chennai, fluent in Tamil, but essentially, I am a Telugu guy and a Telugu actor.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish.
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After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes - not for fun, but to eat.
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Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once running, can't help but not want to lose.
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I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.
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I actually remember the exact date I got the call that I got the 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' role - May 6, 2016. It was probably the best day of my life.
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I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.
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If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the country. It's part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never have free black and white people living together.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.
