Quotes with make-shift

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  • Antoine Fuqua So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.
    Antoine Fuqua
    American film director and producer (1966 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Benjamin Franklin So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Malaysian politician (1939 - )
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  • Brit Morin Social life was different for me in college. I didn't go to as many parties as my friends did. I didn't join a sorority because I knew I couldn't make a long-term commitment. I was constantly traveling back and forth from Silicon Valley to Austin for internships. It was hard, but it was worth it for where I wanted to go.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Bob Latta Socialism is when government's taking care of you, you send all your money to the government, the government decides how to spend it instead of letting the people spend it and make all those decisions.
    Bob Latta
    American politician (1956 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Kenneth Wilfred Baker Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless.
    Kenneth Wilfred Baker
    British politician (1934 - )
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  • Bill Gates Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' [...] Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Horowitz Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • William Cowper Some men make gain a fountain whence proceeds
    A stream of liberal and heroic deeds;
    Source: Charity 244
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • C. Wright Mills Some men want war for sordid, others for idealistic, reasons; some for personal gain, others for impersonal principle. But most of those who consciously want war and accept it, and so help to create its inevitability, want it in order to shift the locus of their problems.
    Source: The Causes of World War Three (1960)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Bode Miller Some people say I make mistakes, I just say that in fact this is the secret of enjoying life. I hate monotony. Why don't they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren't necessarily mine. That's the mistake people make.
    Source: Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • William Hazlitt Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Anita Desai Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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  • Bailee Madison Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
    Bailee Madison
    American actress (1999 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Ben Casnocha Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.
    Ben Casnocha
    American author, entrepreneur, and investor (1988 - )
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