George Packer Quotes

Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.

George Packer

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TodayPowerAppleRailroadSteel

I don't remember most of the '60s and '70s.

Jerry Della Femina

RememberMost

I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free.

Andrew Wyeth

WorkTruthImaginationFlyFreeOut

The tone of 'Pitch Perfect' is so specific, and from the studio's perspective, they wanted someone who could step right in and seamlessly understand the movie comedically and musically.

Max Handelman

PerspectiveStepSomeonePerfectWho

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought.

Steven Pinker

BrainThoughtBehaviorGenesAffect

Everyone's got a boulder in their life of one sort or another that they need to overcome. For most people, it's not a literal one, but there are certainly metaphorical ones.

Simon Beaufoy

LifePeopleOvercomeNeedEveryone

Thousands of our post-9/11 veterans carry the invisible burden of post-traumatic stress, and there is an overwhelming need to expand the available treatment options.

Ron DeSantis

StressBurdenVeteransNeedCarry

If you're aware of a pattern, you can do something about it, and you can be aware of your own culpability. I like to think I can do that, but, like everyone else, I'm a work in progress.

Ruth Bradley

WorkProgressThinkYouI CanOwn

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Miguel Indurain

GoodFatherWeatherWaitCalmYou

I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law.

Louis Bonaparte

ChangeLawCountryEnemySeeForce

We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FatherTeacherSchoolBusyExcuses

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

Dennis Brown

LearningMusicYouStopNeverSee

In totality, I take care not be a bad influence on youngsters.

Chiranjeevi

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