Andrea Hirata Quotes

From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.

Andrea Hirata

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Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

Robert Reich

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It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

Max Holloway

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The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.

Steven T. Katz

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I hate it when characters know things but only reveal them when it's convenient to the story. I'd never do that. That's cheating.

Simon Toyne

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There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it's time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings.

Rob Simmons

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A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

Josh Bowman

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I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

Dolly Parton

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I think its really matured a lot. I like the fact that there is now more to do there than gamble, since I don't do a lot of that. The people are great. I seldom have time for vacations and when I do I prefer the beach instead of the desert.

Doug Davidson

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The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

David Whyte

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Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol.

Bobby Darin

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Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.

Bob Iger

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Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Plato

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