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Ron Johnson Quotes

Far too often in the political realm, we demonize success; we demagogue against it. What we should be doing is incentivizing success.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession:
Nationality: american
Birth: April 8, 1955

Topics

Success Political Doing Against Far

We've restored life where life was extinct. It's no longer sufficient to bring the dead back to life. We must create from the beginning, we must build up our own creature, build it up from nothing.

Life Beginning Back Create Build Up

I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

Mind Me Smoke Person Three Drink

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

Me Free Citizenship Say Way Poor

When I was 8, I got a little toy propeller plane: You could turn it on and the people disappeared from the little windows and stewardesses appeared, and it ran along the ground.

People You Windows Turn Ground Toy

Before I had decided to get into politics, I was laying the groundwork to have a career in the law, but that was really to lay the foundation to teach, either at the college level or law school level after my federal clerkships.

Stephanie Herseth

Politics School College Law Career

I lived with my mom my whole life; her work ethic was ridiculous, and it hasn't changed.

Life Work Mom Work Ethic Ridiculous

There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the Terrible that Russia is a special civilisation with a special culture. Putin is pushing that now.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Culture View Unique Now Special

I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers.

Opportunity Quality Choose Career

You can't stop traffic on Times Square.

You Stop Traffic Times Square Square

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.

Live Year Hawaii Look Down Why

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.

Life Snakes Tricky Full Ladders

By bringing out into the public domain how human institutions actually behave, we can understand frankly, to a degree, for the first time the civilization that we actually have.

Time Public Domain Understand First

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