Andy Stern Quotes
The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.
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I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.
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New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.
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Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
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I went to see 'The Piano' with Holly Hunter when I was in a Paula Vogel play, and I was just gone. I couldn't focus at all. It took that creative part of my brain with it so absolutely.
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The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.
