Alfred P. Sloan Quotes
Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.
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The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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I would say I'm pretty much the exact same as the stereotypical American kid. I mean I'm really lazy, I play a lot of video games, I like girls. I like, you know, the violence and action type thing.
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Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone.
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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
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I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.
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There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans.
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I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.
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Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.
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I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
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It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.
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Hollywood is a wonderful machine for making big movies. In France, we make smaller and more personal films, but if things keep changing, this will disappear. The industry in Italy is practically gone. Cinecitta now is used mostly by filmmakers from others places, like Martin Scorsese.
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Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.
