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On the political front, of course it’s a zero-sum game. If it’s all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it’s, ’Women are coming!’ Get 10 blacks and it’s, ’Blacks are coming!’ ’Hispanics are coming!’ Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don’t move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change.
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Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.
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It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as ’I Have a Dream’ speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment.
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The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.
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Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They’re free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.
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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
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I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.
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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.
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A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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On the political front, of course it’s a zero-sum game. If it’s all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it’s, ’Women are coming!’ Get 10 blacks and it’s, ’Blacks are coming!’ ’Hispanics are coming!’ Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don’t move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change.
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Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don’t know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.
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Your children need your presence more than your presents.
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I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
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Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.