Alexi Giannoulias Quotes
We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass. There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
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Smaller groups of people can establish trusting relationships.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.
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Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.
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Beware of spitting against the wind!
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Working with children has done well for me. I don't find them intolerable or frustrating. They're just fun, full of energy, and happy to be there.
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We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass. There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve.
