Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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It seems that, culturally, young people function more in groups. They know each other through digital media. All the young comedy people who work in TV are really used to working at the table with lots of writers around. They're comfortable in the group; they don't assert their own egos over everyone else.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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We don't want to bank all our risk on a small collection of big companies. We don't want to lose 20 percent of our business if one big account goes away.
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Several years ago, I was asked by a songwriter's association to go to Nashville - I think it involved some kind of award - and be part of the showcase. It was myself and Stevie Winwood and Michael McDonald and then some country people that I didn't know. The whole community was just so welcoming to me.
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It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.
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Expectation is a statistical fiction, like having 2.5 children.
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The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
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Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.
