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Wendell Berry Quotes

If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung on to an idea that had been set deep in me by all my schooling so far: I was a bright boy and I ought to make something out of myself... something else that would be a cut or two above my humble origins.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: August 5, 1934

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Life Humble Myself Me Free Deep

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

John Catsimatidis

Billionaire Mike

I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.

Andie MacDowell

Light People Think Exist Get Role

I don't take off my nail polish when I go home because I'm too lazy, and they're fine with it. Maybe the checkout at the grocery store's not so great with it, but they're fine with it. The distrust, the phobias, those are learned, those are taught. But the natural grace is to understand and to love.

Love Home Great Grace Go Understand

All we see is gym, tennis court, and bed.

Gym Bed Tennis See Court

I went to a special public school that was much more focused on academics and learning. My two best teachers were in accounting and calculus, so I fell in love with that, which made me want to go into business.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Love Learning Business Best School

Capra's great passion was Dickens. As soon as he had some money, he bought some of the rarest and most extraordinary editions of Dickens's work, and he was very proud of his collection.

Work Passion Great Money Proud Soon

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

Good Practice Preparation Confident

We in Scotland need fiscal responsibility. Quite simply, we need to be responsible for what we raise in tax and what we spend in tax.

Responsibility Tax Responsible Need

Gold is a commodity; over the long run, as we look back, it has not been a good investment. You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

Michael Lee-Chin

Good Business Day Value Gold End

Most companies overlook the most basic of all training functions: the onboarding of new employees into their corporate culture.

Culture Training Employees New Basic

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

Yourself Key Never Afraid Being

I take his talent and his passion with me - to the stage of the Opry, to the podium at the CMA Awards, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into my own living room. I am the realization of my grandfather's dream. I am a player.

Passion Talent I Am Me Dream Living

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