Nancy Pelosi Quotes
Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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When writing about Edinburgh, I place my characters in the parts of the city that I myself have lived in, or else know well, those being the Southside, Marchmont in particular, where I lived as a student, and the New Town/Stockbridge area where I live now and have done for the past 30 years.
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
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You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.
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Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.
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Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.
