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• Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive.

  Emmitt Smith

  Football, Running, Rushing

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• Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders.

  Chanakya

  Ignorance, Punishment, Dwelling

  "Arthashastra". Book by Chanakya, Translated by R. Shamasastry. Bangalore: Government Press, Book I: "Concerning Discipline", Chapter 4 "Determination of the Place of Varta and of Dandaniti", 1915.

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• The people of the United States will not tolerate another deep depression that arises not from any lack of natural resources, productive capacity or man and brain power, but solely from imperfections in the functioning of the system of finance capitalism.

  Benjamin Graham

  Men, People, Imperfection

  "Storage and Stability". Book by Benjamin Graham, Part V, Chapter XIX, The Reservoir Plan and Tradition, p. 234, 1937.

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• If you look good, are in good health, and feel good about yourself, then you'll be more productive at work, you will be happier in your relationships with your friends and your family, and consequently, you will be a more productive, contributing member of society, making the world a better place for all. And, it all starts by working on yourself.

  Lee Labrada

  Feel Good, World, Looks

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• Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.

  Stephen Young

  Agreement, Desire, May

  Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words: Why Leadership is Great Beyond Words”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Cooperation is in fact the living and productive pulsation of the multitudo. Cooperation is the articulation in which an infinite number of the singularities are composed as productive essence of the new. Cooperation is innovation, richness, and thus the basis of the creative surplus that defines the expression of the multitudo.

  Antonio Negri

  Expression, Essence, Numbers

  Antonio Negri (1999). “Insurgencies: Constituent Power and the Modern State”, p.345, U of Minnesota Press

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• The foundation of economic development is the acquisition of more productive knowledge.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Foundation, Acquisition, Development

  Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world”, Century

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• If you increase living standards, you make labor more productive. This is why Asia today is becoming more productive than the United States.

  Michael Hudson

  United States, Today, Asia

  "Higher Taxes on Top 1% Equals Higher Productivity". therealnews.com. January 1, 2011.

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• If and when the whole world is secure, we have won a right to explore space, and the oceans. Until we have demonstrated that we can establish a productive and secure earth society, we do not belong anywhere else, nor (I suspect) would we be welcome elsewhere.

  Bill Mollison

  Ocean, Ifs And, Space

  "Permaculture: A Designers' Manual". Book by Bill Mollison, 1988.

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• An overly pragmatic attitude is not productive on the long run.

  Carlo Rovelli

  Running, Attitude, Long

  Carlo Rovelli (2007). “Quantum Gravity”, p.4, Cambridge University Press

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• Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Ecosystems, Soil, Assets

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• In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.

  Jens Lehmann

  Soccer, Football, Mirrors

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• If capital produces most of the economy's wealth and income is distributed on the basis of productive input, the individual can hardly reach his goal - an affluent level of income - solely by means of his labor.

  Louis O. Kelso

  Wisdom, Mean, Goal

  Louis O. Kelso, Patricia Hetter Kelso (1967). “Two-factor Theory: the Economics of Reality; how to Turn Eighty Million Workers Into Capitalists on Borrowed Money, and Other Proposals”, New York : Vintage Books

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• It is the institutions of society, not parental genes, that bestow the blessings of ownership of productive capital.

  Louis O. Kelso

  Wisdom, Blessing, Politics

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• Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Challenges, Acting, Way

  "Turning 50? It's better than the alternative" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2007.

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• I am a hopeless romantic who falls in lust and gets in trouble. I love my work and am very productive, yet I always find time to play.

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy

  Fall, Play, Lust

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• We need happy, productive citizens on our planet for us to survive.

  Kimberly Elise

  Needs, Citizens, Elise

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• When children do not have three square meals a day, a proper education, and at least one adult who they know loves and is committed to them, its very unlikely they will grow up to be productive citizens of the world.

  Stephanie March

  Children, Growing Up, Squares

  "‘¿Por qué me Quieres?’ Reflections on the 2010 World of Children Awards" by Stephanie March, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2010.

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• Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psychologically enriched or impoverished.

  Hortense Powdermaker

  Movie, Hollywood, Fantasy

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• There are two very natural propensities which we may distinguish in the most virtuous and liberal dispositions, the love of pleasure and the love of action. If the former is refined by art and learning, improved by the charms of social intercourse, and corrected by a just regard to economy, to health, and to reputation, it is productive of the greatest part of the happiness of private life.

  Edward Gibbon

  Art, Two, History

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus”, p.348, 谷月社

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• If Julian had flattered himself that his personal connexion with the capital of the East would be productive of mutual satisfaction to the prince and people, he made a very false estimate of his own character, and of the manners of Antioch. The warmth of the climate disposed the natives to the most intemperate enjoyment of tranquillity and opulence; and the lively licentiousness of the Greeks was blended with the hereditary softness of the Syrians.

  Edward Gibbon

  Character, People, History

  Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1857). “The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.174

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• If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires a privilege and at the cost of the whole community; it can make sure of profits not altogether due to the productive services rendered, but composed in part of an actual tax upon consumers for its private profit' which tax it commonly shares with the authority that thus unjustly lent its support.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  Philosophy, Class, Support

  Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.91

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• There are two keys to productive missionary work -- (1) family-to-family friendshipping (when a member family shares the gospel with a nonmember family) and (2) cooperation between members and the missionaries to reach people...Every member knows of nonmembers he or she can refer to the missionaries. Every father, mother, and youth in this church should share the gospel by giving a Book of Mormon, telling the account of the Prophet Joseph Smith, or inviting our acquaintances to a special meeting.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Mother, Father, Book

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• I've always been optimistic. When things come together and I feel comfortable, I know I can be a productive player with an impact.

  Khalil Greene

  Optimistic, Player, Impact

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• Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?

  Daniel Goldstein

  Productive Life, Good Relationship, People

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