Anthony Foxx Quotes
The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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I like to think I'll just be walking down the street one day and stop and meet someone, like, 'Oh my God, you're awesome,' and then we start dating.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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We aren't into the consumer space because that space is largely dominated by search and advertising, and it has a consumer face to it.
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It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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'Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually.
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The sunflower keeps its eye on the sun with its back turned to the shade. We die facing life with our backs to death, as if we were walking out of a room backwards.
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It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.
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Immerse yourself in beauty and bathe yourself in positivity.
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The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
