Noam Chomsky Quotes

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

Noam Chomsky

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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish. A lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes; you're not going to be able to show what you can do.

Viola Davis

YouLawyersThreeNamesGoingGet

I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

FunRedDressStartThoughtStylish

My fans are truly my friends.

Andre Ward

FriendsFansTruly

I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.

John Oliver

AngryMemoryPeopleBlurYouKind

There are all these people in this country who are just not participating in the American Dream at all.

Jeff Greene

American DreamPeopleAmericanDream

I'm far too low maintenance to ever spend more than five minutes getting ready to go out.

Sienna Miller

ReadyGoMaintenanceMoreOutLow

Much of a leader's responsibility in creating a positive, high-performance culture is setting the right tone and acting on it consistently. That day-to-day execution - the tenor and tone - really makes the difference. One deviation - one exasperating meeting - and the CEO legitimizes bad behavior.

Ron Williams

PositiveLeaderResponsibilityActing

Politicians in Washington work in a small, sheltered world where they lurch from crisis to crisis that they create, nurture and use as ideological triggers in their selfish pursuit of re-election.

Mike Barnicle

WorkWorldSmallSelfishCreate

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.

Michael Morpurgo

MemoryMeStoryCreateMy OwnReal

Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.

Peter Diamandis

StartBelievingOutHighAnything

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

Paula Radcliffe

ControlWorryTryThingsAbout

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

Mark McGrath

GoodHopePeopleWillCriticsSeem

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