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Ian Frazier Quotes

Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.

Ian Frazier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1951

Topics

Work You Connection Know Way Okay

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.

John McCarthy

Love Failure Blame World You First

Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.

Angela Merkel

Strength Nation Industry Center Lies

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Anita Brookner

Good Win Gift You Bold Good Fortune

Once I established myself doing crazy things and being extreme, people want to see it all the time.

Jeff Hardy

Time Myself People Crazy Doing Want

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience.

Roland Allen

Life Experience Men People Church

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Life Good Long Matters How Tale

Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.

Javier Bardem

Quality Bible Chance Movies Like

A thoughtful piece of criticism by somebody who understands the context of what you are doing is a tremendous gift and honor to read, even if they don't completely embrace your work.

Jon Favreau

Work Gift Criticism Honor Doing You

I've never done fashion school or anything like that. But I have good instincts.

Chiara Ferragni

Good School Fashion Done Never Like

A lot of women are in a crazy exercise cycle; they're so afraid they'll gain weight if they stop, and it's especially hard when they get pregnant. What they need to realize is that if you're not exercising so much, you don't have to eat so much, and your body adjusts. It sounds so simple, but you really do have to listen to your body.

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Women Simple Crazy You Body Stop

It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.

Cilla Black

Beautiful Getting Older Pain Losing

The challenges surrounding HIV and AIDS are getting more complex and mature, and we just can't stick our heads in the sand and say 'it can't happen to me.'

Brande Roderick

Me Challenges Sand Say Mature More