Allan Sloan Quotes
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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There is absolutely no reason in the world of blockchain to build in net settlement. It's like saying you have got a new Ferrari and we are going to put a lawnmower engine in it.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a short-order cook, to work on topical matters.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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I believe we're the party of small business.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.
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We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.
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All acting is nudity. It's all vulnerable - and a little bit scary.
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Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
