Earl Nightingale Quotes
Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.
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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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I would love to do something in the thriller category. Not so much horror, but I would love to do a full-on psychological thriller. That would be really interesting. A period piece would also be fantastic.
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A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.
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A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader.
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What the rest of us see only under the influence of mescalin, the artist is congenitally equipped to see all the time. His perception is not limited to what is biologically or socially useful.
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I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human.
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Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.
