George Packer Quotes

Every movement, to stay alive - a very difficult thing to do historically - has to find a way to harness that initial surge of emotion and turn it to the hard, steady, un-sexy work of recruiting new members, strategizing, negotiating with those in power, keeping itself going.

George Packer

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WorkPowerFindAliveNewWay

I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.

Joe Jamail

HistoryTexasYearBackUniversity

It's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.

Jodi Picoult

ChangeTimeChange The WorldMind

In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

Robert Kennedy

FitnessExcellenceStrongConfident

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

Michael Douglas

WomenRelationshipMeCareerMeet

Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

Steve Buscemi

WorkCharacterPictureYouSometimes

I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED.

Shuji Nakamura

OpportunityThankfulI AmBlueMe

If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.

Mitch Kapor

CreatingWayWorkforceCompetitive

I've often said there's no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt.

Joss Whedon

PeopleSaidMoreDirtSuccessful

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

Diana Ross

LifeFamilyBusinessHealthMeCare

I would never call myself anti-football. I think I'm pro-information, pro-people making informed individual choices, pro-health, so for that reason, personally, I'm apathetic towards football. But at the same time, I think we can retain some civility, and I understand why people support and love it.

Chris Borland

LoveTimeMyselfFootballSupport

A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.

Bradley Walsh

GoodBadWayRoundMakeComics

My company in the U.S., Pratt Industries U.S.A., has grown from scratch to become a billion-dollar business based on recycling, as well as the largest Australian-owned employer of U.S. citizens.

Anthony Pratt

BusinessBecomeCompanyRecycling

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