Dirk Kempthorne Quotes

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

Dirk Kempthorne

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I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

Joe Greene

BusinessManPeopleThinkYouNever

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

Robert Smith

MusicFamousDesireKnowWantJust

Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

Max Aaron

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I gave away 'Life in Hell' when it was a little 'zine, and sold it at record stores for $1, and I knew from the time that I first did it that I would continue to do it, because it was fun.

Matt Groening

LifeTimeFunHellFirstLittle

I don't believe in diets. I don't believe any diet ever works.

Sinbad

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I was fortunate and worked hard to graduate top of my class as a primary school teacher and receive the Vere Foster Award, which is the medal given to the graduate who attains the highest mark in teaching practice.

Sinead Burke

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I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me.

Ruta Sepetys

ExperienceCityMeTryingDownNew

When I ate slowly and deliberately, giving myself time to consider whether I actually wanted that next bite, I often discovered that I didn't.

Ruth Reichl

TimeMyselfGivingNextBiteSlowly

It's easy to look at where your pieces are now and place the next one nearby.

Masayoshi Son

EasyLookPlaceNowNextPieces

My dad looked like Errol Flynn, and I think my mom thought she was moving into a hacienda, but they lived on a dirt street in Tijuana, a house jammed with relatives, nobody speaking English. She didn't know a word of Spanish. She grew up well and was appalled and humiliated, terrified of anyone ethnic.

Luis Alberto Urrea

MomMovingThinkThoughtHouseKnow

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The employee relationships are important, investment in our people is important, and the ability to do work at multiple sites is important.

Dennis Muilenburg

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