- Nov 07, 2020
Today Quotes
What today decides for tomorrow.
This page connects present-day choices to long-term consequences, whether in communication security policy or the shifting economics of building a sports team. For present-moment reflections, see Life.
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- Sky
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- Nov 07, 2020
An astrolabe is relatively unknown in today's world. But, at the time, in the 13th century, it was the gadget of the day. It was the world's first popular computer. And it was a device that, in fact, is a model of the sky.
- Family Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internal marketing is probably much more important than external marketing. That's even more true today than it's ever been.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one challenge you have when you're going back into history is that people, unlike with today's news - we think we know what's happened already - we think that it's history and therefore less interesting.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.
- Brand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a spiritual person in an eastern religion kind of way. I learned that happiness for all of us is a switch that you flick in your brain. It doesn't have anything to do with getting a new house, a new car, a new girlfriend, or a new pair of shoes. Our culture is very much about that; we are never happy with what we have today.
- Direct Contact
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- Nov 07, 2020