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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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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What do you want me to do, rob a bank?
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I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.
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'I've heard assorted rhapsodies about humankind going to the stars, of course. Who hasn't? Each of them founders on the practical problems.' 'The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems.'
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Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be in too great a hurry to satisfy this curiosity. Put the problems before him and let him solve them himself. Let him know nothing because you have told him, but because he has learnt it for himself. Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.
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Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.
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Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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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.
