David Stockman Quotes
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I'm sorry to say I'm very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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I think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid.
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We want to build technology that everybody loves using, and that affects everyone. We want to create beautiful, intuitive services and technologies that are so incredibly useful that people use them twice a day. Like they use a toothbrush. There aren't that many things people use twice a day.
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.
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'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
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I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned - I'm Irish.
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Back when a hoe was a hoe.Coke was a coke.And crack's what you were doing.When you were cracking jokes.Back when a screw was a screw.The wind was all that blew.And when you said I'm down with that.Well, it meant you had the flu.I miss back when.I miss back when.I miss back when.
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I like that the art world isn't regulated.
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Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.
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After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind of adventure.
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Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.
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My favourite TV show is... 'Downton Abbey.' The characters are wonderful, and the style is created so beautifully on screen. Everything from the table settings to the linen seem perfect to me. While I'm watching it, I'm in a totally different world.
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Insanity has infected all the central banks of the world.
