Hyman G. Rickover Quotes
Some of the ideas I try to get across to the people who work for me are the following:
Quotes to Explore
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.
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The morning was blacker than the inside of a smoker’s lungs.
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If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.
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Some of the ideas I try to get across to the people who work for me are the following:
