Ken Salazar Quotes
I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.
Quotes to Explore
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I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
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I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'
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No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
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Most stocks bought and sold on Wall Street are held in what's called 'street name.'
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A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.
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I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.
