Michael Bastian Quotes

I don't know if I would use that word, 'trailblazer.' That implies that this huge crowd followed me, and that certainly is not the case!

Michael Bastian

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Corruption happens because there is impunity. That's the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels - from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.

Joao Lourenco

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You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

Andreas Schleicher

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We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables.

John Salazar

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It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.

John Phillips

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When you combine a Texas woman in a competition setting with her child, she gets very serious.

Alyssa Edwards

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Simone Weil

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People feel really uncomfortable when there's silence.

Jason Jones

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You can't get a degree at Tisch College. It serves as an amplifier for what your focus is. If you're an engineer, you can take courses on understanding how to move a river in Africa to bring hydroelectric power to a community.

Jonathan Tisch

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I love Tom Cruise. I've been a Tom Cruise fan for a long time.

Courtney B. Vance

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I feel prematurely old. I'm actually having this major belated quarter-life crisis. I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks. I've been thinking a lot about mortality. A lot about what I'm going to do with my life and how to enjoy it. One of the things I'm going to work on is being more spontaneous, letting go, embracing the beauty of come-what-may.

Chris Pine

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Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.

Ashton Eaton

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One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.

Athanasius

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