Standard Quotes
1108 Standard quotes by 880 unique authors
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I get asked a lot what the key is to creating a hit show, and I have a standard answer: Do everything right, and then…
— Christopher Lloyd
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The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard.
— William O'Neil
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The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and…
— Bill Gates
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I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our outrage at the…
— Sendhil Mullainathan
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Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never ripen; at fruit…
— Rose George
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The longtime standard for American TV was 525 lines from top to bottom of the image. As a practical matter, that was roughly equivalent to…
— Seth Shostak
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Crony capitalism is much easier than competing in an open market. But it erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the…
— Charles Koch
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When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can manipulate the system…
— Charles Koch
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Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.
— Elliott Abrams
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to…
— Jackie Speier
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The IronClad is faster than most thumb drives but far slower than a standard hard drive. Boot up, application launch and other Windows operations feel…
— Barton Gellman
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No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an…
— Kate Reardon
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Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff.…
— Carl Hagelin
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Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants…
— Jonathan Zittrain
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My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
— Matt Bomer
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For decades, Wall Street has charged companies a standard fee of 7 percent to sell their shares to the public.
— Alex Berenson
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I, made in England, felt excluded, miffed, resistant to the idea of even visiting India, a position of increasing absurdity as, one by one, backpacking…
— Glen Duncan
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By increasing productivity and becoming more competitive, we will be able to offer better opportunities and improve the standard of living for all Mexicans.
— Enrique Pena Nieto
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Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women…
— Tyra Banks
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