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There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them:… — Kurt Hahn
I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me… — Janis Karpinski
The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in… — Pia Zadora
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure… — Dick Thornburgh
People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers
A paycheck is a sufficient impetus to motivate some employees to do the minimum amount to get by, and for others, the challenge of getting… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. . . . He was naturally… — John Dryden
Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the… — Jim Leach
The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now. — Dave Rowntree
The study of social progress is to-day not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. — Alfred de Vigny
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed. — Hans Magnus Enzensberger
I got involved in cocaine because I needed to lose weight. I felt the pressure living here. I took it to wake me up and… — Jessica Hahn
Dancing is imperatively needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the feelings and the… — G. Stanley Hall
One thing about my Aunt Nadie: She was gruff on the outside, but if you ever needed something, like a spanking or a scolding, she'd… — Jack Handey
I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer, and… — Ricky Gervais
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of… — Anna Garlin Spencer
Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals when their cheery effect is needed. — P.J. O'Rourke
The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and… — Lucy Ellmann
No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. — John Mortimer
...if we are to make significant progress on meeting these Goals and stay true to the promise the world made to build a better, fairer… — Kemal Dervis

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