Deborah Rhode Quotes
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I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.
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In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
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I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.
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The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues.
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People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.
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Sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised.
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Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you can't tell what year the thing was made. And you don't even care.
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It's much better to say, "If the herd is running, I'm running with those guys." And humans have herd mentality.
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In Asia, it is very hectic - there is no overtime, no holidays, no weekends. It's pretty rushed because they are trying to cut the deadline.
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When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.
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Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
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Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support.
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The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.
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He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
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Divorce is a game played by lawyers.
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The question is not whether we should or should not regulate; it is how much should we regulate and who the regulators should be. We went overboard on deregulation under Reagan. Under Bush, many people lost in the casino. Now we have the Obama administration overreacting and overreaching with regulation that does the exact opposite of wealth creation. If we are to have change we can believe in, then we could start by replacing the majority of the lawyers in regulatory agencies with actual experienced, successful business veterans. They would have recognized the early warning signs of many of the financial debacles created by the bubble-bust cycle.
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Lawyers like to leave no stone unturned, provided they can charge by the stone.
