Tom Tancredo Quotes

The necessity of defining the enemy also leads to the necessity of defining who we are.

Tom Tancredo

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EnemyNecessityWhoDefiningLeads

We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.

Joan Blades

FamilyTogetherFriends And Family

White writers in many cases choose not to populate their fiction with people of color. A lot of what I'm doing is trying to write against that, not about race but against the avoidance of race that's such a dominant model in white literary discourse.

Jess Row

PeopleColorDoingTryingChoose

I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.

Robert Knepper

WorkSmileGratefulLaughLeave

Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly.

Matt Lauer

TruthPeopleMeRegretFeelEnough

Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that.

Ann Maxwell

WomenProgressCrimeBedroomFiction

That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever.

Jeff Hardy

MeMomentsCreatingImportantLast

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Mercedes McCambridge

TimeWaitAlcoholWillMorePatient

If you work at a 10,000-person company, and you're using e-mail as the primary means of communication, then you probably have access to a couple hundredths of 1 percent of all the communications happening across the company. But if you use Slack, you might have access to 10 or 20 percent.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkCommunicationYouCompanyMeans

A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.

Sloane Crosley

CatsPetAnimalWorldThinkSay

I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.

Tony Abbott

GoodBestSocietyThinkBetterNew

It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.

Masayoshi Son

GoodJourneyGood TimesLongBad

As I became a venture capitalist, it's almost like I went to the dark side for a while.

Luke Nosek

DarkDark SideSideVentureAlmost

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