My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.
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pain of regret or disappointment... E JAMES ROHN It's not the hours you put in, but what you
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FAUST The holy scriptures as well as the local and General Authorities of the Church provide a safety net ... JAMES E. FAUST In my long life I have found peace, joy, and happiness beyond my fondest hopes and dreams. One of th... JAMES E. FAUST Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada. JAMES E. ROGERS Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research... JAMES E. ROGERS It is divine simplicity that enables Christians to meaningfully confess that God is most absolute in... JAMES E. DOLEZAL To receive all of the promised blessings, we must accept the gospel in faith and in full. However, t... JAMES E. FAUST If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the money... JAMES E. ROGERS I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, bu... JAMES E. FAUST We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us.... JAMES E. LOVELOCK We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures. JAMES E. BURKE In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused b... JAMES E. GUNN All of us suffer some injuries from experiences that seem to have no rhyme or reason. We cannot unde... JAMES E. FAUST Sometimes we carry unhappy feelings about past hurts too long. We spend too much energy dwelling on ... JAMES E. FAUST Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-... JAMES E. FAUST Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The r... JAMES E. FAUST It took the United States until 1920 to give women the franchise and another 40 or 50 years to start... JAMES E. ROGERS Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child... JAMES E. FAUST God and His Son are glorified personages. God the Father is our living Creator, and His Son, Jesus C... JAMES E. FAUST Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever... JAMES E. FAUST Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ... JAMES E. FAUST I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and... JAMES E. FAUST The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs ... JAMES E. FAUST To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to... JAMES E. ROGERS I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, trying against almost sup... JAMES E. FAUST In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be ou... JAMES E. FAUST I have been grateful for the influence of my grandmother and my grandfather in my life. I remember m... JAMES E. FAUST No state legislature ever built a great university. JAMES E. ROGERS Young women should realize that young men they date will not honor and respect them if they have bee... JAMES E. FAUST Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not. JAMES E. ROGERS I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spirit... JAMES E. FAUST It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich. E. JAMES ROHN By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free. E. JAMES ROHN It's all just practice for the next time JAMES E. BROWN JR. I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. E. E. 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