Quotes with smooth-running

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  • Ban Ki-moon Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.
    The Fractal Geometry of Nature
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bernard L. Schwartz Entrepreneurialism, to me, means being able to fail. And I believe that kind of leadership is not necessary only in business, but it's necessary for running countries, too. You've got to be able to believe in something strongly enough that you want to do it even if there's a risk of failure.
    Bernard L. Schwartz
    American businessman (1925 - )
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  • Seneca Even if it is to be, what end do you serve by running to distress?
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Vivienne Westwood Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting; it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure.
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  • Brendan Gleeson Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running?
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Baba Kalyani Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Bill Simmons First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide behind pads or helmets, so we can stare at them, evaluate every move they make: running, jumping, walking, even ogling the cheerleaders. We can see every ripple and tattoo. If they're lazy, we can tell.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the other hairy. It has two hands, two feet, two tails, two, indeed, of every member and each one is the exact opposite of the other. Yet, so strictly are they joined together
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Austan Goolsbee For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.
    Austan Goolsbee
    American economist (1969 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Edgar Cayce For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.
    Edgar Cayce
    American clairvoyant (1877 - 1945)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Getting on a popular, long-running show like 'Happy Days' is the actor's equivalent of winning the lottery.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Liz Smith Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
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  • Henry van Dyke Gratitude is a twofold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • John Mason Happiness consists in activity - it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Having an election with only one candidate running is impossible. This is not a democracy.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Les Brown I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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