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I think it should be universally understood that it can't be fixed overnight.


Michael Leavitt

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NEAL A. MAXWELL Bound by custom or unique by choice.
MARGARET MCHEYZER In the East, fames are won.
In the west, deeds are done.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The consolation of an imaginary thing is still a real consolation.
ROGER SCRUTON I'd be crazy to think I'm going to be the guy to turn it around (overnight).
ADAM HOOVER The face of self-pity was universally understood.
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CECELIA AHERN The world is looking for something new, and that could be you. Be yourself, be original
SOTONYE ANGA Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA It can be fixed. We can make some adjustments, and it can be fixed.
KAMI MEADOR I won’t lie to you. We aren’t going to ride off into the sunset together and have everything fix...
VICTORIA MICHAELS When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it.
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GINA GREENLEE One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing...
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WILLIAM RALPH INGE I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has...
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JOE TORRE Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I think the roads really need to be fixed.
SANDRA CAREY Don't think it. Do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS It looks like it can be fixed. I don't know if it will ever be perfect.
JENNIFER HOOD Be curious, ask questions
SOTONYE ANGA Let it be then let it go.
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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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SHERMAN ALEXIE I think some people are picturing this overnight development, and it doesn't work that way.
JANE TEAGUE Michael Jackson should be held responsible for what he did,
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DAVE FILONI Nobody is perfect,but it dosent mean you cant try to be !
SHUBHAM CHAVAN It's ludicrous. I think that if anyone should take the heat for this, it should be me.
NEIL WILLOUGHBY No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.
KEITH O'BRIEN I don't want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative.
RICHARD BRAUTIGAN It was never portrayed from day one that this would be an overnight phenomenon,
GARY HINES If you don't think it.
You'll never do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS There are so many flaws, ... I don't think they can be fixed.
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CHRIS LAMB I think it should be given a reasonable burial,
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ALEXANDRA KOTUR I think that's ridiculous. I think it should be the same for everybody.
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BRENDA SHIELDS It's just a quiet statement and I think it should be left that way.
BEVERLY MARTIN It was a shady hit, ... I don't think guys should be playing that way.
MARK BRUNELL I certainly think it could be a stand-alone company. I'm not certain it should be.
JAN WALD It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.
CHANEL IMAN Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?"
"Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
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C. JOYBELL C. Do. Then talk. In that order.
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PAULO COELHO It ends or it doesn't.
That’s what you say. That’s
how you get through it.
The tu...
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MICHAEL NOVAK I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think the...
GEORGE MICHAEL Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and ...
MICHAEL ANTI One of the most unusual shuttles operates at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site in Texas, ...
MICHAEL FROME A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.
MICHAEL BOLTON Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach ...
MICHAEL BOLTON The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to wor...
MICHAEL MOORE As a kid, I watched 'Bugs Bunny' cartoons, and for some reason Pepe Le Pew, the indomitable ...
MICHAEL PATERNITI I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River&#...
MICHAEL KORYTA The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional pow...
MICHAEL MANDELBAUM I used a kind of gray-green early on in my practice for painting steel, to make it look more like it...
MICHAEL GRAVES With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time...
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.
MICHAEL STIPE I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cat...
MICHAEL SHOWALTER To this day, I believe the unity of the world's countries in the fight against terror is more powerf...
MICHAEL DELONG