Gertrude Atherton Quotes
Nowhere can it rain harder and with a more tiresome persistence than in California during the brief season when it rains at all.
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During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'
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I don't need to impress children.
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The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start new businesses is acute.
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The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.
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You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.
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The same way we can send and receive an email with anyone, anywhere, for free, or we can share a photo with anyone instantly for free, money will become these digital tokens, and we'll be able to do that with money.
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When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.
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I made the decision I will back Mr. Trump, it's not very complicated. I don't pussyfoot around playing the odds.
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I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California.
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I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.
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Artistic mediums go through phases where progress happens really rapidly, and then other moments where it slows down.
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In financial terms, my sense is that the distribution of wealth, unequal as it is, is self-perpetuating, and, especially in a linked and accelerating world, the rich get ever more quickly richer while the poor get ever more speedily poorer.
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To me, beauty is inclusion - every size, every color - that's the world I live in.
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We have a new puppy and that's enough! Two babies and three dogs is enough.
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There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada.
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California is an easy place to be an Asian woman engineer.
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People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.
John Moody -
I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I think has occurred is with consolidation of farm lands. You've seen large agri-businesses benefit from enormous profits from existing farm programs, and I think we should be focusing most of those programs on those family farmers.
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Nowhere can it rain harder and with a more tiresome persistence than in California during the brief season when it rains at all.
