Mae Whitman Quotes

There have been a lot of events that have made me really look at the real world, like September 11th. There are so many things that just make you realize that you're not going to live forever and that you have to enjoy every day.

Mae Whitman

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LiveDayMeWorldEnjoyLook

There are some beautiful books out there. But the ones that leave me cold are the ones where I feel - it's that postmodern thing - it's more experimentation with language than it is a deep compassionate falling into another human being's experience.

Andre Dubus III

BeautifulExperienceMeColdDeep

The Internet is the last place where there is actually a free market on Earth.

Jeff Berwick

FreeInternetPlaceEarthMarket

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

John Ray

YouRunWillRightOverSit

Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

TrustJobEffortLawConflictWorth

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

Ron Fournier

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At 16, I got housing benefit, and I had my own flat in an old woman's house. I was the only 16-year-old I knew living alone.

Roisin Murphy

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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

Lloyd Alexander

WarParisGermanyEventuallyAfter

I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

Jonathan Edwards

NothingWithoutPassCauseEver

We need a system where all of our teams have the opportunity to compete and to make a few dollars. That's not a bad desire for collective bargaining for a sports league, and it's great for our fans.

David Stern

OpportunitySportsGreatBadDesire

Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.

Arthur Henderson

FreedomJusticeStrugglePeaceThus

'The Sopranos' all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing weren't so good.

James Gandolfini

GoodWritingLongDownBeenCame

For 20 years, my mother, my sister and I had seldom spoken of my father. If he happened to come up in conversation, pain and embarrassment entered the room and stayed until he disappeared back into the silence with which we all felt more at ease.

George Packer

FatherMotherSilencePainSister

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