High Quotes
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The first discipline modernity’s originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be.
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For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey.
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My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.
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The PCAOB and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act raise unconstitutional barriers to needed liquidity, discourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and hinder U.S. competitiveness by denying access to needed capital. The high cost of compliance that disproportionately affects smaller public companies is having long-term exponential negative implications for our economy.
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I'm really into a blush on the eyelid and on the high of the cheek. The singer of 'Cocteau Twins' used to do that - really pink eyelids. It added a little romance to the hard kind of street-edge clothes.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
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In high school, you at least have to get up at a reasonable hour and show up at places on time. College, on the other hand, gave me the sense that I could complete major assignments at 2 A.M. without suffering any repercussions, along with the erroneous idea that in real life, things started after one in the afternoon.
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The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.
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I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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What is enthusiasm but a passionate belief in what seems to be a high and holy aim - an unselfish devotion to some noble cause - a consecration of heart and mind and soul to the attainment of a great object?
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When I'm traveling out of the country, a lot of guys give me a high five, and then they're like, 'I love your work!'
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Fame gives you a high.
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A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.
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If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident.
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I was a total dork in high school.
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It wasn't until I was 18, when I was graduating high school, that I went and bought a guitar on a whim.
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Wait till the honeying of the lune, love! Die eve, little eve, die! We see that wonder in your eye. We'll meet again, we'll part once more. The spot I'll seek if the hour you'll find. My chart shines high where the blue milk's upset.
