Leland Stanford Quotes
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.
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I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
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In an efficient market at any point in time the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value.
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The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.
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If you're going to America, bring your own food.
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When I was young, I was offered my first recording contract in 1971 and was offered quite a bit of money if I would change my character and be a '70s version of Cher.
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Succeeding in business is not just about making money.
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When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.
