B. Carroll Reece Quotes
One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia.
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I chewed up a lot of Florida highway when I was starting out. Used to come to Tampa two or three times a year for about 10 years straight.
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Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in secret for seven years without cease on a problem that has eluded the greatest mathematical minds since first proposed in 1637.
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Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.
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I think I'm past any window where I'm suddenly going to become surprisingly ripped so that people go, 'Oh, my God, what happened to you?'
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
