Public Quotes
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If you look at how the US economy has suffered over the last 15 or 20 years, it's in significant part because we haven't done the investments in research and development and infrastructure and other public goods that are necessary for our growth. And, unfortunately, we're going to be feeling that overhang for a long time to come, because it's the investments we made in the 1950s and '60s and '70s that result in some of the greatest technological breakthroughs that we enjoy today.
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Don't bore the public with mysterious designs.
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Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.
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I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97.
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In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese public, I mourn for those who perished in battles and lost their lives in the horrors of war.
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Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.
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I think the general public is going to be surprised by this. It's not out there yet.
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Israel is the only place on earth where Jews have the possibility to shape public life according to their own traditional ideals.
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The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them.
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It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past.
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The fact that some of these Arab states are willing to make this public is heartening, and it's a fair response to the Sharon government for the courage which the Sharon government has shown in moving out of Gaza and those four West Bank settlements.
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Architecture is about public space held by buildings.
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And of course, in the case of Barack Obama, had he not won primaries - and particularly the heavily important caucus in Iowa - if the public hadn't shown that they were prepared to vote for a black president, we wouldn't have one today.
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It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.
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...if you're going to waste an opportunity, there are a few important things to remember. Do it in style. Do it in public. And, above all, do it in Manchester.
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We believe the public will be better served if such warnings are used more sparingly.
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Every activity performed in public can attain an excellence never matched in privacy; for excellence, by definition, the presence of others is always required.
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Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.
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The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of taste, to flatter their absurd vanity, to tell them what they have been told before, to show them what they ought to be tired of seeing, to amuse them when they feel heavy after eating too much, and to distract their thoughts when they are wearied of their own stupidity.
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We all have our ambassador that we send forward into the world. We all have people we are varying degrees of real with. There's a public face we all wear. As I get older and more comfortable in my skin, I am trying to combine the two so the real me is there all the time.
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Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
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I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.
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Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.
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I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.
