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I work in politics and media, two industries that have been particularly affected by the issue of misconduct. We have seen famous and powerful men finally pay a price for behavior they got away with for decades. Many have lost their positions and status - rightly so.

~Ana Navarro

Topics: Affected Away Been Behavior Decades Famous Finally Got Industries Issue Lost Many Media Men Particularly Pay Politics Positions Powerful Price Rightly Seen Status Two Work

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The bottom line, addressing defense spending cuts with a meat ax like sequestration will damage defense readiness for decades to come.

~Ander Crenshaw

Topics: Addressing Ax Bottom Bottom Line Come Cuts Damage Decades Defense Like Line Meat Readiness Spending Will

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My style was established in the Forties and Fifties, then got dragged through the decades and picked up a couple more things on the way.

~Andra Day

Topics: Couple Decades Dragged Established Fifties Forties Got More Picked Style Then Things Through Up Way

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Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Away Built Decades Die Exile Father Finish Four Had He Him His Home Life Losing Off Right Right Away Took Wealth

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There was a time when Stefan Zweig was the most widely read author in the world. He was lionized everywhere, translated into every language. For the first four decades of the 20th century, his novellas and biographies were devoured by rich and poor, young and old, well read or less so.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Author Biographies Century Decades Devoured Every Everywhere First Four He His Language Less Most Old Poor Read Rich Time Translated Well Were Widely World Young 20Th Century

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The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one.

~Andre Geim

Topics: Consequences Decades Generation Knowledge Lack New New Knowledge Next Next Generation Poorer Stagnation Than Will

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What happens when an industry transitions from using one or more 'smart' and centralized networks to using a common, decentralized, open, and dumb network? A tsunami of innovation that was pent up for decades is suddenly released.

~Andreas Antonopoulos

Topics: Common Decades Decentralized Dumb Happens Industry Innovation More Network Networks Open Released Smart Suddenly Transitions Up Using Tsunami

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Surrounded by a sweltering state known for its staunch conservatism, Austin is an oasis. It's home to the University of Texas, which continuously fosters a well-educated youth culture who have been funneling their collective creative energy into building a vibrant music, film, and technology scene for decades.

~Andrew Zimmern

Topics: Austin Been Building Collective Conservatism Continuously Creative Culture Decades Energy Film Fosters Home Known Music Oasis Scene State Surrounded Technology Texas University Vibrant Well-Educated Which Who Youth Youth Culture

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Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.

~Angela Davis

Topics: Black Couple Decades Evolved Increasing Itself Labor Labor Movement Last Leadership Look Movement Now Numbers Over People See Today True Way Which Who

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Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

~Angela Merkel

Topics: Also Central Cold Cold War Courage Decades Democratic Democratic Republic Eastern Eastern Europe Europe German Had Hope Integration Long Lost Many Over Overcoming Partner People Republic Required Steadfastness Then Two War Western

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