Rachel Maddow Quotes
It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too.
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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
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I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.
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Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.
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The percentage of actors employed is pretty small, and if you're lucky enough to have a good run at it, you do have a sense of responsibility.
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I got discovered off of YouTube.
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We fly to the town in the little private airplane, and then we have to get in cars and drive to the hotel and then drive to the gig. So, I want to do a tour where the performances will actually be at the small airports.
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
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We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
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I'm fascinated by the capacity to be able to do harm. I struggle every day with the ability of people to do evil. Not just the big things - the petty things that people do in order to make someone feel small, when it's so easy to do, and it hurts so much.
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Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
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I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni alone.
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My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
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I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
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My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.
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What is negotiation but the accumulation of small lies leading to advantage?
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I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.
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For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.
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I don't know exactly what are you supposed to do when you retire. Lie on the couch and do nothing? I didn't want to do that.
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We all need hope, and hope is a good thing.
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It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too.
