Alex Graves Quotes
Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of a story.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
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Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation.
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The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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People in south Manchester overwhelming want to be able to recycle more than they currently can - especially cardboard and plastics - and want more frequent and accessible collections, particularly for those living in flats.
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There may well be a time for military action.
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Why do we resist giving help to homeless men? In part because we don’t understand how our pressure on men to support families often forces men to take transient jobs that are but a step away from homelessness (the death-of-a-salesman jobs, the migrant worker jobs…) and in part because we respond differently to men who fail than women who fail.
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Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of a story.
