Leon Panetta Quotes
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Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone,' then you only impact the few and not the many.
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I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've had success in - it's up to you as an actor. The industry will always want to hire you for what you were successful in last and what made money. But you can say no to that and look for other parts.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth.
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When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.'
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Why there are so many great actresses, so few great woman writers? The erotic urge that lies at the bottom of all art has a feminine and a masculine character. Feminine is the urge to be; masculine the urge to do. Interpretative art always has more of the feminine about it
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In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you realize you're wrong.
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I like it when I strut.
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When an actor … is lying on the ground, it is a whole nation lying down. And when he rises slowly up, you see the play of his muscles. After that he comes and goes, lifts things, throws them. He’s self-reliant man, and there’s his rapport with Promethean art.
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The Taliban is resilient.
