Edward Whitacre, Jr. Quotes

I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics.

Edward Whitacre, Jr.

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BusinessLearnYouKnowingBasics

It's really important to be surrounded by people who are going to lift you up.

Joanna Coles

PeopleYouImportantLiftUpGoing

You never really think about what happens after the Olympics - you're just like, 'I want to compete. I want to do well' and thinking about that. After it all happened, it was such a whirlwind. I've gotten to do so many amazing things. My favorite thing was getting into acting.

McKayla Maroney

AmazingThinkThinkingYouActing

Because you can be lazy if you don't know the truth.

Meg White

TruthYouKnowLazyBecause

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.

Amy Grant

LifeTimePerceptionInformation

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Rosalynn Carter

FailureGoalsYouAcceptTryHigh

While Free Choice Vouchers didn't fulfill my vision of a health care system in which every American would be empowered to hire and fire their insurance company, they were a foothold for choice and competition and a safety valve for Americans whose employers are already forcing them to bear more and more of their family's health insurance costs.

Ron Wyden

FamilyHealthVisionFireSafety

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

Monica Johnson

GodPowerParentsPerfectAuthority

After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. By comparison, the average real income of the other 95% of households grew less than 10%.

Janet Yellen

TopRealComparisonAverageIncome

When it all got taken away, I was becoming a young man. So I had to sacrifice to leave my family... Sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25, $50 hotels.

DJ Khaled

FamilyCarManSacrificeYoung

I didn't really get to Led Zeppelin until I was in my 20s.

Anthony Kiedis

GetLed ZeppelinLedReallyUntil

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He was a master at handling players. He knew when you needed to be pushed or protected.

Pep Guardiola

TeamPushYouProtectMasterGot

Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.

Sheikh Hasina

PoliceGovernmentPeopleProblems

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