Jimmy Carter Quotes
I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
Quotes to Explore
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When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.
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The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and split into diverse branches.
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Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also.
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I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk.
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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.
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What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?
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Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.
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The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. . .
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When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.
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The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect Creativity with Technology...
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For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics or cosmology or astrobiology leads you into a wonderland compared with which beliefs in things like alien abductions pale into insignificance.
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Sometimes reality entirely flees the White House.
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As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.
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I don’t think that anyone has really told (people) what design is. It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is designed--that every building and everything they touch in the world is designed. Even foods are designed now. So in the process of helping people understand this, making them more aware of the fact that the world around us is something that somebody has control of, perhaps they can feel some sense of control, too. I think that’s a nice ambition.
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You know, you don't have to have money to be a successful businessperson. You don't need a college degree. You just need a lot of common sense backed up by a willingness to work hard.
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I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
