Jimmy Carter Quotes

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Jimmy Carter

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GoodDecisionsDoorsDifficult

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

Jeanne Moreau

I AmYouPowerfulResponsibleLows

My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was like, 'Why aren't you people ignoring each other and watching television?'

Trey Parker

FamilyHomePeopleEveningYouWhy

The thing people forget is that the entire world - or, at least, Europe, U.S., transatlantic, Russia, Soviet Union - that security architecture has been in place since 1945 and has been refined. Already, the U.N. charter that everyone signed is that you can't change borders through use of force or even threat of use of force.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

ChangeArchitecturePeopleWorldYou

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us.

Tracy Morgan

YouGrandfatherUnderstandIrishUs

Every morning, I do 10 minutes of mindfulness, where I do meditation, and I use that in competition and everyday life.

Tom Daley

LifeMorningCompetitionMeditation

Bitcoin is here to stay.

Roger Ver

StayHereBitcoin

There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth.

Martin O'Malley

GrowthOpportunityHouseEarthOrder

So many people had been asking me to write an autobiography, or threatening to write my biography without any input from me, that I thought I'd better tell my story before other people told it for me.

Michael Palin

PeopleMeStoryThoughtBetterTell

Most biographers are apt to be discouraged by the sheer volume of papers left behind by their subject.

Michael Korda

DiscouragedLeftBehindMostVolume

Forecasts vary in horizon, from a few seconds up to a few days in financial markets, compared to from one to several months for macro variables. We have to provide uncertainty intervals around the central forecasts to indicate the extent to which we are unclear about the future.

Clive Granger

FutureUncertaintyFinancialHorizon

Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.

Anthony Wayne

StormHellWillOrdersSirIssue

I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.

Ashley Scott

TimeMistakesOkayHardLinesEven

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