Paul S. Kemp Quotes

My favorite class as an undergraduate was a political theory class on justice. Now, 'justice' is hardly a self-defining term, and much smarter men than I have developed various definitions over the centuries. The class put Plato at one end and Nietzsche at the other, and off we went.

Paul S. Kemp

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I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.

Jodi Kantor

ChangeGovernmentLadyCreateSay

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures.

Jennifer Garner

FatherMotherPassionNew YorkMe

You can't be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they're the only buyers that matter.

John Landgraf

BusinessYouMatterWal-MartSell

Everyone knows Earth, Wind & Fire. We know 'September,' all the big sort of hits from going out and dancing and stuff. When I was developing St. Lucia, I really started listening a little bit deeper, listening back to their stuff from the '70s and '80s, and really dug into it.

St. Lucia

FireWindListeningBackEarthKnow

The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

CultureSimplePeopleDemocracyFree

It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more. There are multiple truths.

Roxane Gay

PeopleMoreWriteHardHaitiBehind

By working toward a financial objective, you'll start to see the money add up for retirement or the credit card balance go down. But it doesn't have an immediate impact on your day-to-day life, and when it does - like when you're pinching pennies to save more - the immediate impact could feel negative.

Jean Chatzky

LifeMoneyBalanceStartNegative

Quiet is better than loud.

Dieter Rams

BetterQuietLoudThan

Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.

Craig Brown

HatTouchWayOutBlazerEven

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

Brian Greene

LoveCharacterGreatShowWhole

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Arnold H. Glasow

SuccessFireYourselfResultYou

I know, as an overachiever straight-A student in school, I always responded to smart, strong, women represented on screen.

Allison Scagliotti

WomenSchoolSmartStrongStudent

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