Frances Beinecke Quotes

Studies show that women are more likely than men to die in natural disasters. Women's voices must be heard.

Frances Beinecke

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WomenMenDieMoreNatural Disasters

There's a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.

Jesse Jackson

PreparationPeopleDownUpPress

For my daughter I would suffer through a thousand divorces, a million uncomfortable phone calls, a trillion emotionally fraught text messages.

Jeffrey Zeldman

DaughterUncomfortablePhoneSuffer

I think that what people want is for government to function... not through temper tantrums and saying we are not going to participate, we are not going to play ball.

John Cornyn

GovernmentPeopleSayingThinkPlay

That's the world we live in: when it comes to economics, people have emotions; it's not like chemistry or physics.

Robert J. Shiller

LivePeopleEconomicsWorldPhysics

I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.

Matthew Goode

WorkAlwaysEverythingPrettyTense

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

Robert Crumb

LifeAmericaAdultMostContempt

This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible.

Rory McIlroy

FunnyGreatWalkManPeopleMe

I hate it when people use the word 'sorry' aggressively, as in, 'Sorry, but I hate you.' Sorry's an important word, and it shouldn't be abused.

Robert Webb

HatePeopleSorryYouImportantUse

Fashion has underscored the interchangeability of men for a long time, maybe from the outset.

Rumaan Alam

TimeMenFashionLongLong Time

Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

DeRay Mckesson

VisionPeopleCityPlaceRight

Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system.

Chris Chocola

TimePastSecurityCongressTaxes

Today NBC makes certain content available online and I can't imagine we will change that process.

Brian L. Roberts

ChangeTodayProcessWillContent

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