Today Quotes - Page 6

• I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.

  John Lewis

  Believe, People, May

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• Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.

  Maurice Strong

  Past, Opportunity, Practice

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• When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

  Ricky Skaggs

  Country, Sound, Way

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• Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

  Ted Strickland

  Country, Jobs, Pride

  "Ted Strickland Speech Text: Read The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.

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• It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or a movie actor. Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little bit more blurred than they used to be.

  Aaron Tveit

  Stage Actors, Television, Lines

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• Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever.

  Malcolm Turnbull

  College, Filing Cabinet, Forever

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the '30s, the Keynesian stuff worked at least in the sense that you could print money without inflation because there was all this productivity growth happening. That's not going to work today.

  Peter Thiel

  Growth, Stuff, Print

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• Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

  Robert Trout

  Empires, Never Forget, Defeat

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• In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation.

  Todd Tiahrt

  Facts, Minorities, Homeowners

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• Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.

  Mark Udall

  Mom, Sibling, Kids

  "Make the Kids to Parks Day Pledge" by Mark Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

  Tom Udall

  Football, Athlete, Decision

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• I must tell you, to get started today must be very difficult 'cause whatever it takes today is very tough. They have to invest a million dollars in a video just to see if you have a hit record.

  Bobby Vinton

  Dollars, Video, Records

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• It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.

  Bobby Vinton

  Long, Different, Lasts

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• So many women today have become so focused on their children, they've developed these romantic entanglements with their children's lives, and the husbands are secondary. They're left out. And the romantic focus is on the children.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Children, Husband, Focus

  "A Mother's Love". “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, www.oprah.com. April 20, 2005.

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• Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Kids, Media, Tvs

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• I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.

  James T. Walsh

  Believe, Security Systems, Benefits

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• There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.

  Julie Walters

  Running, Baby, School

  "Bafta TV special/Julie Walters: Queen of the screen". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2012.

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• Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.

  Julie Walters

  Drama, Interesting, Television

  "Bafta TV special/Julie Walters: Queen of the screen". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2012.

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• Billy Campbell who is... I... truly one of the most talented actors today.

  Sela Ward

  Actors

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• Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.

  Shailene Woodley

  School, Kids, Class

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• My husband melted my heart the day he asked me, "Can I participate in your wonder?" In whose wonder do you get to participate today?

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Marriage, Valentines Day, Husband

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• There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.

  Vance Havner

  Son, Bigger And Better, Laziness

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• Take just ONE minute today and look around you and within you and try for just that minute to understand the utterly amazing miracle and incredible perfection and beauty you are experiencing and observing!

  John Assaraf

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Perfection

  FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Jan 07, 2012

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• Any idiot would know women's needs are simple. All we want is your basic millionaire brain surgeon criminal lawyer great dancer who pilots his own Lear Jet and owns seafront property. On the other hand, things being what they are today, most of us will settle for a guy who holds down a steady job and isn't carrying an infectious disease.

  Linda Sunshine

  Jobs, Women, Simple

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• Tonight, late, when I'm still not done with the day but must comply with sleep, I can whisper, "There was done a little good today. Today I changed myself and the world, just a little. And yes, I loved." Most days, that is enough.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Sleep, Good Day, Tonight

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.89, Conari Press

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