Eli Whitney Quotes
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The challenge that so many people have is not knowing how to take that first step of reaching out to another person for help.
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There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
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We just feel like history repeats itself. You ain't never going to see nothing brand new; you're only going to see when records are broken. And we're here to just set records and set trends and follow the footsteps that have been shown to us.
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Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.
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My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.
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The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world.
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People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
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I'm not the type that's going to sit and preach to people if they don't need it just because I've been around the block a few times.
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I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet,Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong;I know it hurts to have to take defeatAn' no one likes to lose before a throng;It isn't very pleasant not to winWhen you have done the very best you could;But if you're down, get up an' buckle in-A lickin' often does a fellow good.
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A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
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I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.
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I don't feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it's very important for innovators to understand what we've learned about established companies' motivation to target obvious profitable markets - and about their inability to find emerging ones. The evidence is just overwhelming.
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Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
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Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse.
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I've never directed, but it must be humbling.
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Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and last a lifetime rather than one catwalk season.
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The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what's already there.
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We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.
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I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make.
