Majors Quotes - Page 28

• It is almost superfluous to say that there is no such thing as a free and independent press among the mainstream news media today. In fact, the major media more resembles a propaganda machine than it does a free press.

  Chuck Baldwin

  Freedom, Independent, Media

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• I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or show called back for details. I wrote and sent documentation to all the 'household word' TV talk show hosts who make their living acting 'concerned' and I tried all the 'AIDS fund raising spokespeople', show business celebs, even sending proof of their home addresses, but as of yet not one single phone call or inquiry came back for more.

  Ed McCabe

  Cancer, Home, Europe

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• Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.

  Alan Cranston

  Running, Nuclear Disarmament, Defense

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• I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

  Gustav Heinemann

  Responsibility, Race, Arms

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• The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy.

  Timothy Geithner

  Educational, Commitment, Economic Inequality

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• The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.

  Alan Cranston

  Military, Holocaust, Environmental

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• The last major childhood disease remains and it's the worst of them all: nuclear war.

  Beverly Sills

  War, Childhood, Nuclear

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• Our first idea is a grand opening, a big launch, a press release, or major media coverage. We default to thinking we need an advertising budget. Our delusion is that we should be Transformers and not The Blair Witch Project.

  Ryan Holiday

  Thinking, Media, Ideas

  Ryan Holiday (2013). “Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising (APenguin Special from Portfolio)”, p.11, Penguin

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• The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that involve only a small portion of assets can destroy a major portion of equity. And mistakes have been the rule rather than the exception at many major banks.

  Warren Buffett

  Mistake, Twenties, Banking

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• Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

  Pee Wee Reese

  Nice, Kids, Marijuana

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• It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires.

  Regina Brett

  Positive, Children, Book

  Regina Brett (2010). “Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• When you have a major loss in your life, the first thing you need to do is tell God exactly how you feel.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Loss, Religion

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• Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion, etc.) while having weak convictions about major issues (what is right and what is wrong).

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Football, Spiritual

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• One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what is always around us. We suffer because we lose sight of the value of what is before us and yearn, often unfairly, for the imagined attraction elsewhere.

  Alain de Botton

  Gratitude, Grateful, Sight

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• The Rising was mainly a piece of streat theatre designed by poets for dramatic effect. For better or worse, it became part of the founding myth which states need - but which they should move on from after a time. Major John MacBride, in a cameo performance in which he left Jacobs Mill, as he had entered it, immaculately dressed down to the white spats, told his colleagues Next time lads, don't shut yourself up behind four walls. It was good advice.

  Maurice Hayes

  Wall, Moving, White

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• Inarticulate wretches have been behind most of the major advances in civilization. If Vincent Van Gogh had been able to get on with his neighbours, then he might have become an excellent painter-decorator, and received a big turn out at his funeral, and that would be that. But the genes wouldn't let him.

  Declan Lynch

  Civilization, Funeral, Would Be

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• It is often argued that the people who will be affected by a major decision should be involved in it. Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal in southern Africa, once resolved a dispute between two brothers about a land inheritance they were to share. Kruger's decision: let one brother divide the land, and let the other brother have first choice.

  Louis E. Boone

  Wisdom, Brother, Land

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• I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.

  Webb Simpson

  Success, Winning, Lazy

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• Most people’s major life regrets are not about the things they’ve done, but about the things they’ve not done, the goals they never reached, the type of lover or friend or parent they wished they’d been but know they failed to be.

  Thom Hartmann

  Regret, People, Goal

  Thom Hartmann (2011). “The Thom Hartmann Reader”, p.149, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.

  Jason Collins

  Sports, Team, Kids

  "Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now" by Jason Collins, www.si.com. April 29, 2013.

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• Eight Hours For What We Will is a major contribution to modern American working-class history and to the history of a changing American popular and mass culture.

  Herbert Gutman

  Eight, Mass Culture, Class

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• I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.

  Eddie Sutton

  Thinking, Differences, Defense

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• I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays — they may have struck him as just another reminder that his draw was getting slower by the year—but what if he truly liked a major celebration? What if he looked forward every year to marking the day of his birth with what they used to call in the West 'a real wingding, with pink balloons and a few survivors'?

  Calvin Trillin

  Real, Kids, Years

  Calvin Trillin (1990). “Travels with Alice”

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• The earlier you start, the easier it is to accumulate major wealth. Still, it's never really too late to begin.

  David Bach

  Too Late, Wealth, Easier

  David Bach (2003). “The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich”, p.112, Crown Business

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• NASCAR racing provides more brand awareness and interest than any of the other major sports. The opportunities to build business-to-business relationships within the racing community are endless.

  David Fricke

  Sports, Opportunity, Nascar Racing

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