Firm Quotes - Page 5

• Morgan, Lewis is a very large firm now, but it was not quite as big then. It was exciting for an associate in those days, because you got good and varied assignments and terrific training.

  Fred F. Fielding

  Training, Assignments, Bigs

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• I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

  Kay Granger

  Selling, My Own

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• The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

  Norm Dicks

  Believe, Government, Competition

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• When you leave a good job to go off on your own and don't expect to make money for a while, you name the firm whatever your wife says you should.

  David Einhorn

  Jobs, Names, Wife

  David Einhorn (2010). “Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue”, p.27, John Wiley & Sons

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• I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Agreement, Play, United States

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• We all have to pick our battles. You've got to draw a line in the sand and stand firm. And it's this squishiness that's really the enemy, like, "Well, I don't know, it's kind of OK but I kind of feel guilty, and I kind of want a bran muffin, I don't know, and I'm wearing a vest; it's crocheted." Shut up. Just pick your battle and just stand there, and whatever you are going to do, own it.

  Chicken John

  Enemy, Battle, Muffins

  "San Francisco Rejects American Apparel: Has the Fight Against Chain Stores Gone Too Far?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. February 11, 2009.

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• Not wasting energy. It is the least sexy, but the single most important and always the least expensive. You would be very interested in a report by the McKinsey consulting firm that concluded that 40 percent of everything that we have to do to mitigate our emissions are net economic winners. They are cost effective and the most cost effective is not wasting energy. That's actually going to be the largest part of this whole journey, I believe - using less energy with the same beneficial results.

  Jay Inslee

  Sexy, Believe, Journey

  "Power Q&A: Rep. Jay Inslee". Interview with Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2008.

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• History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

  Barry Ritholtz

  Technology, Example, Company

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• The body, I have often thought, is like a promise. You keep things in it. Those things are covert, immediate, yours. There is something lustrous about them. They emit energy, like radium or appliances. They can be replaced, repaired or simply discarded. The promise of the body is very firm and intact. It's the only promise we can count on, and we can't really count on it very much.

  Scott Bradfield

  Promise, Energy, Body

  Scott Bradfield (1989). “The History of Luminous Motion”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• Saddam was tranquillised when captured ... He would be a lion even when caged. Every honest person who knows Saddam knows that he is firm and powerful.

  Raghad Hussein

  Powerful, Lions, Would Be

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• When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.

  Ian McLagan

  Moon, Pals, Bumps

  "Ian McLagan's Song For A Muse". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. June 20, 2014.

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• Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Promise, Mind

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.380, Oxford University Press

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• The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.

  William Hartung

  Art, Leader, President

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• To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

  Mark Twain

  Errors

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• This world is not a vale of sorrows if you will recognize discriminatingly what is truly excellent in it; and if you will avail yourself of it for mutual happiness and well-being. Therefore, let us explain as often as possible, and particularly at the departure of life, that we base our faith on firm foundations, on Truth for putting into action our ideas which do not depend on fables and ideas which Science has long ago proven to be false.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Long Ago, Ideas, Sorrow

  Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage”, Dell Books

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• The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.

  Horace

  Passion, Men, Tyrants

  'Odes' bk. 3, no. 3, l. 1

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• Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.

  Nick Offerman

  Doors, Hands, Practice

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 13, 2013.

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• Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.

  Kevin Sorbo

  Dream, Giving Up, Believe

  "From “Hercules” to “Christmas Angel”: Kevin Sorbo talks about his personal journey and his role in GMC TV’s new yuletide film about the value of human kindness". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Ignorance, Men, Stronger

  Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.55, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• To build your self image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake and compliment club.

  Zig Ziglar

  Self, Needs, Clubs

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• In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.

  Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

  Light, Hands, Order

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• The majority of my fans have been amazing & supportive. But I am in shock and ashamed of many of my 'fans' who are standing firm in their stance that I am 'less than' them because of my sexual orientation. To those who feel this way: I gladly show you the door and wish you well on your journey.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  Journey, Doors, Supportive

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• Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Reality, Passive Resistance

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced by Jesus Christ and His apostles and prophets. It is my firm belief that all truth and light originating with God is embraced in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Light, News

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• Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Believe, Mind, Principles

  Remarks on the Passing of Ronald Reagan, tape delivered on 11 June 2004

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