Win Butler Quotes
My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water.
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else.
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I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.
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Sustainable jobs are created by the private sector.
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If you're a vegan fast food joint in L.A., you just don't speak the same language as the heartland.
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I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part of my bones that short-selling plays the role of real-time financial watchdog. It's one of the few checks and balances in the market.
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My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water.
