Cornelius Vanderbilt Quotes
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewellery... I would never call anything any fan gives me weird, as it's how people express what they like about the books, what it means to them, and that's a wonderful thing.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.
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I dress for men.
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There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
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The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to $.15 a day
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It's vital that low-income Americans have access to communications services, including broadband Internet, which Lifeline helps to achieve.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?
