Plans Quotes - Page 17

• I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

  Uma Thurman

  Worry, Stressed, Truth Is

  "Uma Thurman says her life is like a reality TV show as she promotes new movie The Life Before Her Eyes". www.mirror.co.uk. March 27, 2009.

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• I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up without having pre-conceptions of how I should deal with it. My only long-range plan has been and still is just the very general plan of making Linux better.

  Linus Torvalds

  Long, Vision, Trying

  "The Pragmatist of Free Software". Interview with Hiroo Yamagata, www.tlug.jp. September 30, 1997.

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• I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.

  Pete Townshend

  Paris, Rolling, Records

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• When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Democracy, World, Agree

  "How Space Exploration Can Make America Great Again". Interview with Chris Heller, www.theatlantic.com. March 5, 2012.

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• Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing.

  Tom Vilsack

  Class, People, Long

  Tom Vilsack's at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.

  Richard Wagner

  Hate, Men, Effort

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• I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.

  Scott Walker

  Wife, Made, Kill Me

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• I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Men, Abolition Of Slavery

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.159

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• It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.

  Adam Weishaupt

  Education, Men, Illumination

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• Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

  Lawrence Welk

  God's Plan, Ifs

  Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

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• In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man's salvation was brought about through the infinite love of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the fallen race.

  Ellen G. White

  Father, Men, Race

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• I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.

  Ron White

  Talking, Long, People

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• Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll plan ideas and we'll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out. So, to a certain extent, he's very interested. If there's some problem or something that doesn't ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it.

  Bradley Whitford

  Fighting, Ideas, Want

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• If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.

  Olivia Wilde

  Fun, Men, Missing

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• Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

  Olivia Wilde

  Jobs, Energy, Want

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• The Republicans want to turn Medicare into a voucher plan that will end guaranteed coverage of medical bills for the elderly.

  Juan Williams

  Elderly, Medical Bills, Want

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• In 2008, when the real estate market blew up, it principally hurt older people who saw the value of their houses go down, along with their pension plans.

  Juan Williams

  Hurt, Real, Pension Plans

  "Will Young Voters Sink Obama In 2012?" by Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. September 27, 2011.

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• President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan, called 'Race to the Top,' states can win federal support for schools by improving teacher evaluations.

  Juan Williams

  Teacher, School, Winning

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• Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000.

  Robert Winston

  Children, Numbers, Giving

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• Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father's plan of happiness. The Savior preserved moral agency through the Atonement and made it possible for us to act and to learn by faith.

  David A. Bednar

  Father, Agency, Two

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• The power of procreation is spiritually significant. Misuse of this power subverts the purposes of the Father's plan and of our mortal existence. Our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son are creators and have entrusted each of us with a portion of Their creative power.

  David A. Bednar

  Father, Son, Creative

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• God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Opportunity, Temptation, Purpose

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• There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

  Karisma Kapoor

  Being Positive, Secret, Sides

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• If you want to plan a revolution, you never do it in public - the authorities show up and arrest everyone.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Want, Revolution, Authority

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• It feels as if ever since the iPhone was released, the Macintosh computer has become just another leverage point in this other operating system's marketing plan.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Iphone, Marketing, Computer

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