Martin Jacques Quotes

The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to the fact that racism is socially inadmissible.

Martin Jacques

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StrengthRacismAdmitPreparedFact

I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.

Joe Paterno

ExperienceWonderfulHereStateHad

Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another.

Jocko Willink

LeadershipFreedomDisciplineFinding

In personal life, the warm glow of nostalgia amplifies good memories and minimizes bad ones about experiences and relationships, encouraging us to revisit and renew our ties with friends and family. It always involves a little harmless self-deception, like forgetting the pain of childbirth.

Stephanie Coontz

LifeFamilyGoodMemoriesPainWarm

When I came to the United States in 2004 to attend university at Stanford, I was instantly inspired by the stories and advice from startup leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond, who had endeavoured to create new opportunities and improve lives around the world.

Mike Krieger

WorldOpportunitiesAdviceCreate

People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.

Mick Jagger

PeopleCareThoughtfulGetVery

The Constitution authorizes Congress to tax Americans to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare. But in Washington, the professional political class has hijacked that authority to rig up a tax code that provides for the well-being of Washington, not the country.

Josh Hawley

ConstitutionPoliticalProfessional

I am running to be the 50th mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems.

DeRay Mckesson

GovernmentI AmPeopleCityProblems

I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.

Drew Barrymore

HateSmallVoiceHellBackPhone

Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense.

Boy George

SucceedThinkSomeoneYouWellOnly

People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.

Thomas Kinkade

PeopleWorldUglinessReminded

I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in my own tiny world.

Richard Rohr

GoodExperienceWorldMy OwnOwn

I'd love to drive a Lamborghini, but I think it's hard when the pedals are way down in there, and you sit real low, but I've come up with some pedal extensions. I actually sit in a kids' car seat that my old boss put this beautiful leather wrap around, and it looks just like a Corvette seat that sits on top of my leather Corvette seat.

Martin Klebba

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