George Packer Quotes

As America has grown less economically equal, a citizen's ability to move upward has fallen behind that of citizens in other Western democracies. We are no longer the country where anyone can become anything.

George Packer

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Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.

Jennifer Weiner

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I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

Jenny Holzer

I AmFreeI CanBecauseAnytimeAm

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

Jeff Flake

ThinkStubbornYouTryPersuasive

Always try to reinvent myself; never try to stay the same person, because that's how people figure you out.

Rose Namajunas

MyselfPeopleYouPersonTryNever

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

Ruben Hinojosa

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I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

David Suchet

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The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

Chuck Jones

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With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.

Ariel Winter

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Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Pope Francis

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I look at Samoa Joe, and I've told him a number of times that I see his stuff at 'NXT' and think to myself, 'Man, I could have a great deal of fun with you.' He's a guy I have sort of enjoyed, and one of those sleeper guys that no one talks about.

Shawn Michaels

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If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.

Marilyn Monroe

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What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors.

Marlo Thomas

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