Edward Whitacre, Jr. Quotes

TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction.

Edward Whitacre, Jr.

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There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

John C. Calhoun

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I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've seen 'While You Were Sleeping', like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.

Max Walker

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You have to look in the mirror and see that what you're wearing looks good on the body you have now. Wearing a larger size is just... wearing a larger size.

Stacy London

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It's not like you reach a point with your acting where you're like, 'I'm great! That's it!' You're constantly having to go,'That sucked. I wanna do that better.'

Luke Hemsworth

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The Bronx, I remember, was a very poor neighborhood, but that was all that immigrants could afford at that time. Life was tough. I grew up - my father didn't have a job, but there weren't too many people who did have jobs.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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Absence - that common cure of love.

Lord Byron

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Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.

Desi Arnaz

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Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

Donny Osmond

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Only a jerk would talk politics on Mother's Day.

Corey Stewart

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I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.

Bruce Dickinson

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I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you'll look great in anything.

Tim Gunn

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