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Douglas Tompkins Quotes

Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.

Douglas Tompkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: March 20, 1943 - December 8, 2015

Topics

Single Park Philanthropy Some Every

I remember being in the Ontario Legislature and the Liberals yelling over at me about the fact that the dollar was rising, and that was bad for business, and didn't I realize that. And I thought, 'What are you talking about?' The value of the currency in part, large part, reflects the world's view of the state of our economy.

Business Value Me World Thought You

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

Generation Talents Her British Most

I didn't graduate. I was doing theater in Michigan the summer after my junior year and just moved on to New York.

John Wesley Shipp

New York Doing Year Summer New Just

Philadelphia is a big market. We're going to operate the team like it's in a big market. We've got a very good contract with Comcast for our local TV. We're going to be aggressive when it's appropriate to be aggressive.

John S. Middleton

Good Team Philadelphia Aggressive

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Stephen Ambrose

Business Done Professors Big 1930s

Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.

Trevor Phillips

Decision Child Law Start You Rules

We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now.

Today Tomorrow Trying Now Say Never

Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about.

Ignorance Talking Champions Know Sit

John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves.

Mary Doria Russell

Love Mother Hope Respect Compassion

Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.

Hard Part Getting Olympics Hard Part

Work-home-work-home, that's being an actor. Being a rock star? I get to travel the world, meet all the fans in person, party with my fans every night, and people who appreciate the art.

Art Travel People World Night Party

Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

Acceptance People Labor Google Exist

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