John Mellencamp Quotes

The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation of people replenishing their record collections with CDs of albums they had already purchased.

John Mellencamp

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PeopleGreedBornExpectationSales

Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.

Michael Behe

LifeSimpleSimple LifeMaterial

I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick.

Stewart O'Nan

CreativeWorldLanguageWillEmotion

One of the technology lessons was to work inside the cost envelope of the developing world to lower costs overall. What's even more important and useful is dramatically lowering power consumption. Everyone wants batteries that can last 10 times longer.

Mary Lou Jepsen

WorkTechnologyPowerWorldMore

I was definitely a handful back then. I could not sit down long enough to study.

Michelle Carter

EnoughLongBackDownStudySit

It's been overlooked for a long time as a real public health problem. All of western society is a little bit sleep-deprived, and when I say a little bit, I mean chronically.

Michael Rosbash

HealthTimeSocietyProblemLong

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.

Mitch Kapor

PowerMeFierceWinnerYouSee

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

Ludwig von Mises

HistoryCivilizationTeachAnything

I deal in facts.

Louis Freeh

FactsDeal

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

Lisa Ling

ChildLeadBecomingManyObese

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.

Jared Harris

MarriageFatherMotherChildrenYou

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

Desmond Tutu

WhitePersonSkinYoungVoteLand

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

Colin Powell

PowerSlaveryYouEarlyHouseSay

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