Ellen Goodman Quotes

Those inevitable dreams where you can't get your column in, you know, and at first they were the Xerox telecopy, and then they were the fax machine, and then they were, you know, email. The anxiety remains the same, but the technology has changed.

Ellen Goodman

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We were looking at ourselves as a store rather than a brand. When you do that, you draw thick, heavy lines around your freedom.

Robert J. Fisher

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It certainly seems to me we would like to bring in the best and the brightest individuals here to participate in this republic.

Matt Rosendale

BestMeBringHereSeemsRepublic

The only thing that I demand of the audience is that they listen to what I'm saying. Other than that, they owe me nothing. They don't owe me a thing.

Jeff Garlin

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The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

Stephen Kinzer

TodayBestRunMoreLeadersIdea

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

Sophocles

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Socrates

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The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science.

Rupert Sheldrake

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I used to say that winning the Oscar means being back at the Beverly Hills Hotel at 1 A.M. feeling empty. It's the industry voting. It doesn't come from God. It doesn't change your life, really.

Mike Nichols

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I just hate talking about myself.

Miuccia Prada

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Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.

Jon Stewart

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I don't think you're very strong unless you've cried a few tears. You've never really lived.

Brady Jandreau

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I see the young guys coming out of college. They are bombing it past me. They hit it so far, they are leaving me in the dust.

Brooks Koepka

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