Guarantees Quotes - Page 38

• Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to arrest extraordinary numbers of people, particularly in poor communities of color, for minor drug offenses that get ignored on the other side of town.

  Michelle Alexander

  War, Numbers, Color

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The current economic climate means getting out of college is no guarantee of getting a job, and no guarantee of a satisfying work life. My Dad feels that this is the first generation of Americans that expects that there children will have a harder time then they did. That's a fascinating concept.

  Lena Dunham

  Jobs, Children, Dad

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I have been arrested time and time again, and my colleagues, too. I cannot guarantee that I'll not be arrested again. But it's not something that weighs on my mind. I'll do what I can while I'm free. If they arrest me again, I'll do what I can while I'm under arrest.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Guarantees That, Mind, Colleagues

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• You know a multicolor God who created this world is not going to put us in a white heaven. I guarantee you. But we're going to serve Him in heaven. So what does God want us to do? Practice.

  Rick Warren

  Practice, White, Heaven

  "Rick Warren Clarifies Doctrine, Purpose Driven Life with John Piper - TRANSCRIPT" by Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. May 28, 2011.

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• It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much better to sell them at cost and then to reward the innovator in some other way. This is not always possible, because in some cases the value of an innovation is in the eye of the beholder; it's very difficult to value how much a new Madonna song is worth, for example. But in the case of medicines, green technologies and seeds in agriculture, such an alternative reward mechanism is fairly straightforward.

  Thomas Pogge

  Song, Eye, Technology

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to build because it has to clash with human nature and against the egotism of humans and the egotism of the elites which usually try to guarantee their own interests above those of their nations and of their own people. But they are the ones that prevail because they have the economic power, the political power and the military power.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Dream, Military, Perfect

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.

  John B. Watson

  Men, Artist, Race

  Source: jaosnuvanitte.wordpress.com

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• Think about reading: Today, parents would love it if their kids read books more because the parents understand the books. Just over 100 years ago, parents were upset because their kids were reading dime-store novels. Parents would say, "I don't want you inside reading anymore. Get outside and play." I guarantee you, in 50 years or so, parents are going to say, "You're not going outside to play until you finish that video game."

  Paul Saffo

  Book, Reading, Kids

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there he was thinking, "Goodness gracious this is big and I better be up to the task."

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Firsts, Tasks

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• As much as there is joy in writing, there's always the little bit of terror to keep you on edge, on your toes. It is a strange way to occupy yourself - to enjoy your life on a daily basis. There is no guarantee that something great is going to come next.

  Robert Cormier

  Writing, Guarantees That, Occupy Yourself

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• I am quite a positive man in real life. In fact, even when I have a hard discussion with somebody, it lasts only five minutes. Then I forget. And I forgive everything. But at the same time, as I am such an easygoing guy, to create something more intense, I have to be auto-destructive on the making of a film. And this will guarantee some density.

  Albert Serra

  Real, Men, Guy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. There's no guarantee of tomorrow. And part of my whole philosophy is: this day is too important to live it angry, upset, discouraged or stressed out if plans don't work out. This is life, and I'm going to move on.

  Joel Osteen

  Philosophy, Moving, Work Out

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Freedom Of Speech, Literature, Speech

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• What people in Burma need is a democratic federal Burma that guarantees autonomy, rights and protection for all, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or race.

  Zoya Phan

  Rights, Race, Ethnicity

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

  Sparky Anderson

  Sports, Real, World

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• I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community's best guarantee of stability in Asia.

  Benazir Bhutto

  War, Believe, Thinking

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• My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.

  Jenson Button

  School, Class, Careers

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• So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.

  David Byrne

  Thinking, People, Culture

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• There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

  Nick Cave

  Pain, Guarantees In Life, Surplus

  "Feelings are a Bourgeois luxury". Interview with Lindsay Baker, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2003.

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• I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.

  Chris Christie

  Umpires, Arbitration, Reform

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• You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Prognosis, Knows

  "Elizabeth Edwards battles breast cancer". "Dateline NBC" with Katie Couric, www.nbcnews.com. November 21, 2004.

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• A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

  Ron Fournier

  Victory, President, Agendas

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• Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock.

  Ron Fournier

  Lying, Years, Negativity

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• Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.

  Gary Hamel

  Loyalty, Irrelevance, Long

  "Gary Hamel On Innovating Innovation". Interview with Steve Denning, www.forbes.com. December 04, 2012.

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• If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent!

  Tom Hanks

  Demand, Quitting, Cry

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