George Packer Quotes

Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages, the company came to dominate both consumer spending and employment in small towns and rural areas across the middle of the country.

George Packer

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But we moderns are impatient and destructive.

John Crowe Ransom

DestructiveImpatient

Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' I say, 'I can't, I'm a 10 A.M.-till-6:30 P.M. kind of guy.' I keep that very regular, no matter what.

Matthew Walker

DinnerFriendsGoSayKindMatter

I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions for things like Disney.

John Tiffany

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People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.

Rupert Murdoch

PeopleRichBeginSystemOnly

The Farm Bill is one of the only bills that provides substantial deficit reduction that passed the Senate this year. It only makes sense that this deficit reduction bill would be included in a larger deficit reduction agreement.

Debbie Stabenow

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I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span and did not get a lot out of high school academically. I think college was a little the same way.

Chris Crutcher

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Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life.

Christopher Buckley

LifeGreatPoliticsManThoughtYou

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

Boyle Roche

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I literally get one hundred calls a day. I can't get anything done, but I'm happy about it.

Bob Goff

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Whole nation is fighting against the terrorists, and this struggle will continue till the complete elimination of terrorists.

Shehbaz Sharif

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You hear about our conservative background and know that we're Christian guys, but we're not timid at all. I will take anyone on when it comes to outworking them or putting on a better show or standing up for people who are being put down.

Tyler Joseph

PeopleBetterChristianYouDownUp

Good fighters, they are so professional and quick, you can't see what's happening. It's very important: the fight is like a dialogue. Everybody has a line and an answer.

Timur Bekmambetov

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