Tom Folsom Quotes

Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad 'Joey,' Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia.

Tom Folsom

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With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

Jennifer Granholm

EducationGoodFutureJobSchool

Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.

Robert Smith

PeopleMeLookNobodyComingLike

That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

Michael Connelly

WorkBestWorstIronyHappenThings

I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world.

Sissy Spacek

PeopleMeWorldBehaviorHelpHuman

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

Toni Morrison

ArtBlackToleranceLiteratureForm

When I'm training, I don't think about anything else.

Tony Bellew

TrainingThinkAnythingElseAbout

I have the career that I want.

Ron Howard

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If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

Mary Astell

MenWorldDoubtWouldNoneMarry

The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

Juan Williams

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I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.

Jared Polis

MyselfPeopleRaceAskWilling

It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax revenues due each year because wealthy individuals and some companies use tax havens to move assets and income offshore.

Jose Angel Gurria

RichYearLoseTaxSufferMove

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.

Christopher Walken

FunnyThinkComedyYouLookTragedy

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