Richard M. DeVos Quotes

If a negative atmosphere pervades where you live or work, go elsewhere. Seek out friends, business associates, and mentors with positive attitudes who share your goals and best interests.

Richard M. DeVos

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Training readers to expect a voice or subject matter from me would interfere with the reinvention I crave. At the same time, I feel almost too able to disappear at times.

Jennifer Egan

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In our society, I see public media as a lever. It pushes people by elevating them and their sights. It brings them into more thinking and understanding, and it brings us together.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I don't believe we should allow thousands of violent felons to be released early from prison, nor do I believe we should reduce sentences for violent offenders in the future.

Tom Cotton

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'True Blood' allows you to be big, so it's almost like you're on stage, and I'm comfortable with that.

Rutina Wesley

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I believe that there are new perspectives that are needed in order for us to resolve the problems that we face as Americans and also the problems we face as people on this planet, and I believe that new perspective and new leadership is needed.

Martin O'Malley

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My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.

Jason Clarke

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My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.'

Dean Kamen

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In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

Chris Barber

LifeMusicAmericaSelf-Absorbed

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

Boyd Rice

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I prefer to have longevity. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor - and at the same time support my family.

Bradford Dillman

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People can't do miracles and are not responsible to do miracles, but people can pick up miracles from God and hand it to another person - a miracle happens when that occurs.

Bruce Wilkinson

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A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!

Brian Molko

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