Laurene Powell Jobs Quotes
It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 when the country was just out of the industrial era. There hasn't been a substantial systemic change the way we do high school since then.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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What you see is what you get.
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I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.
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Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I'm passionate about. CNN's 'Going Green' series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope.
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I have had a lot of experience in broadcasting.
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When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.
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Sadly, people think a guy and a girl can't be friends without something romantic going on.
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It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 when the country was just out of the industrial era. There hasn't been a substantial systemic change the way we do high school since then.
