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Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note.

Charles Duhigg

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• Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Think
  • Me
  • Film

• Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • People
  • Words
  • English

• I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.

  

  Callan McAuliffe
  • Change
  • Voice
  • Los Angeles

• My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Good
  • Me
  • Dad

• The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • You
  • Creative
  • Pressure

• My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Heart
  • Driven
  • Pure

• I love Clinique. Their moisturizer is amazing. My skin tends to be really oily, but then at times I'm dry, and that's the perfect amount of moisturizer.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Love
  • Perfect
  • Amazing

• I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.

  

  Pamela Hansford Johnson
  • War
  • More
  • Silent

• Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Great
  • Now
  • Conflict

• I'm open about having bipolar disorder. I'm open about being of mixed race. I'm open about being bisexual, and I have this wantingness to talk about it, and for me, it's about more than being a role model for any specific community.

  

  Halsey
  • Community
  • Race
  • Bisexual

• When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from preventable causes, which has got to stop.

  

  Kajol
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Stop

• I say, let’s learn more and then speculate.

  

  Vernor Vinge

• Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

  

  Alfred P. Sloan
  • American

• Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Soul

• Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Light
  • Shadow

• The government computer has one button: delete.

  

  Ai Weiwei

• The First Amendment isn't about free thought and free opinion and free belief. The First Amendment is about free exercise-the carrying into practice of religious principles, and beliefs, and convictions.

  

  Alan Keyes
  • Free
  • Religious
  • Opinion

• Don't think, feel....it is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!

  

  Bruce Lee
  • Moon

• It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.

  

  Frank Shorter
  • Education

• The characters are telling you the story. I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story.

  

  George V. Higgins
  • Story
  • Characters
  • Telling

• I'm all about peace. I'm all about unity. I'm all about love.

  

  DJ Khaled
  • Peace
  • Unity

• I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.

  

  Anton du Beke
  • Interesting

• Don't get a job in an abattoir. Don't be a butcher. The idea that people have to do these jobs for a livelihood is ridiculous. They can get other jobs. Shoplift, man. Better to be a prostitute than cut an animal's head off for a living.

  

  Chrissie Hynde Pretenders
  • People
  • Job
  • Animal

• Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note.

  

  Charles Duhigg