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I literally went straight to New York City from Iraq, which was bizarre and complicated. I was walking down Madison Avenue, and it was spring, and people were smartly dressed, and it was so strange because there was no sense that we were at war. It was something to grapple with.

Phil Klay

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If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older - even if we can't pull all-nighters like we used to.

Angela Duckworth

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If you think we are going to gain ground by holding the American people hostage, saying that their taxes are at risk, I actually disagree.

Tom Cole

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There's probably been very few people in comedy that have a diversified background as I do.

Ron Shock

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I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.

Matt Bomer

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Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, where students work together with their teachers to acquire knowledge of the arts and sciences.

Jay Parini

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But out of limitations comes creativity.

Debbie Allen

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Because of my intense hopes for the youth of China, I feel very keenly my responsibility for their future success or failure. The fate of China lies in their hands. The responsibility for organizing and training them to become worthy citizens of China, able to undertake the tasks of Resistance and Reconstruction, is mine; I cannot evade it.

Chiang Kai-shek

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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

August Strindberg

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If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business.

Austan Goolsbee

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Vesco was always on the trail in search of money.

Arthur Herzog

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India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.

Pratibha Patil

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You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.

Rick Scott

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