George Packer Quotes

The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality - which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home - just never gets serious concern from both sides.

George Packer

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HomeMoneyProblemInequalityNever

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

John F. Kennedy

KnowledgeAloneTalentThinkHouse

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Robert Southey

WomanStrongAffectionWillSpirit

My grandmother, Nina Eaton, founded United Cerebral Palsy. At the time that my father was born with it, there were no resources for people with the condition. So my grandmother and grandfather, who lived in Brooklyn, tried to reach out for some type of resource or support, and people just told them to institutionalize my father.

Meredith Eaton

FatherTimeSupportPeopleReach

Love in capital letters is important. It is impossible to live without love. You must have the feeling of being loved. All artists need love - from the audience, friends and relatives. But true and faithful friends are exceptionally rare.

Mireille Mathieu

LoveLiveImpossibleLovedFriends

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.

Jonathan Mayhew

PatriotismAimOthersPopularityWho

More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.

Don Lemon

BlackThinkAmericaWhiteCountry

'Sordid' is rather unique. That's why so many gay fans are comfortable to share 'Sordid Lives' with their families. It's not really a gay story. It's just much more a family story that happens to have gay members, which most people do.

Del Shores

FamilyPeopleStoryUniqueGayWhy

Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.

Chuck Berry

FamilyHomeMeEconomicsLovedRock

I'm really passionate about music.

Bridgit Mendler

MusicPassionateAboutReally

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

LeadershipThinkConfidentWant

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.

Paul Wolfowitz

ScienceMathematicsWarMeThinking

On matters of race, South Carolina has a tough history. We all know that. Many of us have seen it in our own lives - in the lives of our parents and our grandparents. We don't need reminders.

Nikki Haley

HistoryParentsToughKnowRaceOwn

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