Dean Burk Quotes
When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations. And there are a great many people who don't tell the truth when they are in power in administrative positions.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
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Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.
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He showed no fear. It seemed that, at the commencement, his race had known gods and no other. Gods had bound and ill treated and slaughtered and played with them. Gods were a fact, as were the sun and the shaking of the earth. Just another terrible reality.
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Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.
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We'll be raising our hands Shining up to the sky Cause we've got the fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn
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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed … Now come the facts to summon us to reflect. They tell us in terribly harsh language that a civilization which develops only on its material side, and not in the sphere of the spirit … heads for disaster.
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We didn't build the interstate system to connect New York to Los Angeles because the West Coast was a priority. No, we webbed the highways so people can go to multiple places and invent ways of doing things not thought of by the persons building the roads.
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Football is all I know.
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Acting was truly all that I ever wanted to do. I've always acted in plays and sang and played music, and you get to a certain age and think there's nothing else that you'd rather do.
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The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?
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Tacit collaboration by millions who bite their lip is even more essential than lip service by thousands of favor seekers. Hence, to stimulate at least passive cooperation, the party strives to give the impression that “everybody” is already on its side.
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I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.
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When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations. And there are a great many people who don't tell the truth when they are in power in administrative positions.
