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In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.
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In acting, you can always grow and get better - even if you think you're at your limit.
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In actuality, California could be a wonderful place to live. In fact, if you're highly educated and ambitious, you can do quite well here while enjoying the sun and the fun. The only problem: California will then blame you for your success and recommend that all your cash be removed from you.
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In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.
Independent Magazine (March 2007) -
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.
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In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.
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In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
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In America today, if your sensibilities are offended by something that has happened, you get an enormous amount of credibility and are taken very seriously.
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In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
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In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just can't have everything you want.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
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In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.
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In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This might be true. But lots of other stuff can have an influence.
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In an urban area, you're not going to be an hour away from another post office.
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In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for them. If there's flooding in the East Coast, the people in California are there for us.
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In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.
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In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.
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In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the batter hit a screaming line drive, and an outfielder make a fantastic diving catch. Yet, when you look at historical databases, 80% of the time when a ball is struck with that trajectory and velocity, it is a hit.
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