George Packer Quotes

The libertarian worship of individual freedom, and contempt for social convention, comes easiest to people who have never really had to grow up.

George Packer

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FreedomPeopleGrowNeverWorship

There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions.

Robert M. Gates

ChangeBusinessYouLeadOutSeen

Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.

Amy Gerstler

Being DifferentYouHideWantBeing

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.

Stuart Woods

WorkLiveSolitudeI CanChapter

To begin to know the philosophy of socialism, in backward countries where the class differences are great, very great, and terribly exaggerated over the conditions we know in this country, to overcome this, the theory of revolution, of force and violence, was necessary within those political conditions. It couldn't be anything else.

Sidney Buchman

GreatSocialismRevolutionPolitical

I don't look backwards. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I feel really proud of the team and what we were able to accomplish together. But really, where I'm focused is the future and where Nest is going.

Tony Fadell

FutureTogetherTeamProudLook

I directed the next-to-last episode of 'Parenthood.' I wrote three of the four last episodes. I had the cast to my house. Had a champagne toast with the writers. Had a huge cast and crew party. Drank eggnog in the camera truck after we wrapped the final day. All that, and I don't really feel like I've said good-bye to 'Parenthood.'

Jason Katims

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I'd love to be in the ring with guys like Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, and The Undertaker, as, no matter what they've done, I know how good my conditioning is. If those three can say the same thing, I'd love to go and hang with them because I don't think they could hang with me.

Dolph Ziggler

LoveGoodMeThinkKnowThree

You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you're stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get a lot of, 'Hey, you're great! What's your name again?'

Dick Cavett

GreatTimeNameLongYouLong Time

What makes me feel good is all of the people that rooted for A.I. get a chance to say, 'He did what you never thought he could do. The critics. He did what you never thought he could accomplish.' This is a moment that me and my fans and my family and friends can share together because we always believed in the dream.

Allen Iverson

FamilyGoodMomentTogetherPeople

I wanted to be a cowgirl... But, you know, it was pointed out to me that, you know, growing up in Brooklyn, there wasn't much opportunity... for cowgirlery.

Susan Isaacs

OpportunityMeGrowing UpYouKnow

I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas.

Todd Phillips

MeJust BecauseHorrorScaredFilm

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

Richard Thompson

HandsWithoutSongsInstrumentWrote

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