Haim Ginott Quotes
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
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You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
