Artur Davis Quotes

We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

Artur Davis

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LeadershipGreatAmericaWeekYou

We have discharged one generation of debtors after another, but we do not find that their numbers lessen. We find only that we forget, when times are good, that times were ever bad.

Jill Lepore

GoodGenerationBadFindNumbers

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

John Lennon

MeSomeoneHelpYouSayJust

You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not what helps the economy. Some will call it socialism. Some will call it a command and control economy. Whatever it is, it's antithetical to the American experience.

Jeb Hensarling

ExperienceControlSocialismAmerican

To me, the burden of proof isn't on people looking for ways to improve our schools; it's on people who want to keep things the same. Our current system isn't working, and too many kids are being left behind.

Michael Bennet

PeopleMeLookingBurdenWantSame

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

John W. Gardner

IntegrityLiveCommunityMenPeople

I just go into a game and try to look at the situation and what needs to be done. I try to execute.

Masahiro Tanaka

GameLookSituationGoDoneTry

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people.

Rowan Atkinson

PeopleLawyerYouKnowSayBecome

Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your delicate constitution, amounting to a caution against playing on traditionally male wavelengths.

Michelle Dean

OceanConstitutionPushYouArtist

Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.

Debra Winger

MeForwardStoryWantTellJust

I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.

Cornelia Funke

MyselfRideImaginationYearDragon

Because my father is French, my first school was the Lycee Francais de Londres in Kensington.

Claire Tomalin

FatherSchoolFirstBecauseFrench

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

Peter Mullan

ComedyTurnThingsPainfulReally

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