Tom G. Palmer Quotes

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.

Tom G. Palmer

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GovernmentNowDutyReasonCivic

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.

John C. Calhoun

OpinionShortNavyUselessOwnUs

Television and web are merging.

John Cabrera

TelevisionWebMerging

If I'm not crying while writing a song, I'm not doing it right.

Jenny Lewis

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First and foremost, localization is a customer strategy, it's not a cost arbitrage or whatever.

John L. Flannery

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It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

Robert Motherwell

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I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful.

Sia

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I think one of the most exciting things about the whole digital side of publishing is that it eventually allows you to operate at any length. That also means shorter stuff, too.

Robin Sloan

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Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken.

Rose George

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I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

Cole Swindell

BusinessMusicMyselfLovedAsking

The rise of ISIS starts with a Jordanian thug named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who founded ISIS' parent organization, al Qaeda, in Iraq. What gave Zarqawi the opportunity to create al Qaeda in Iraq? It was, of course, George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.

Peter Bergen

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I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.

Shigeru Miyamoto

SportsSwimmingMoreNeverActive

I appreciate all of the attention I get in my career. I am a loner and live a rather secluded life so sometimes I do get overwhelmed, but I am always very appreciative of everything, and honored.

Kim Elizabeth

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