- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Us Quotes
What connects us, from global trade to family memory.
These quotes look at 'us' on very different scales, from once-hostile nations now trading with the world to a shared human truth that everyone carries some private struggle. For quotes about closeness between people, see Connection quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
As people grow and evolve, we still are the experiences that we had in our childhood, but they shape us in different ways.
- Racing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that when we were younger, the fact of knowing our uncle Derrike won the Daytona 500. We were racing go-karts then, and I think that really kind of motivated us.
- Conducting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experimental economics is about conducting experiments: bringing economics into the laboratory or creating controlled conditions in the field that allow us to understand better what we are seeing in less controlled circumstances.
- Emergency
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an emergency that happens in this country that we cannot budget for. Katrina is an example.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
- Equal Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
- Measure
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- Nov 07, 2020