Ger Duany Quotes
I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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My parents are so amazing; they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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'It must be nice to think there is a true reality,' says Miss Callendar. 'I've always found reality a matter of great debate.'
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'Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US state department's report on Fiji.' (2 March 2005, reacting to a US State Department report critical on the state of race relations in Fiji).
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By painting colours and lines and forms seen in a quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does.
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A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative, expecting that modification in its present theories will sooner or later be found necessary, and aware that its method is one which is logically incapable of arriving at a complete and final demonstration.
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Tom Landry is a perfectionist. If he was married to Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook.
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I don't feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it's very important for innovators to understand what we've learned about established companies' motivation to target obvious profitable markets - and about their inability to find emerging ones. The evidence is just overwhelming.
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Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.
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Everything that turned out well for me seems like a fluke. I feel like, at any moment, I could lose everything and be working at Dunkin' Donuts.
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We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.
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And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.
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Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.
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One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
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With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.
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I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.
