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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

~Calvin Coolidge

Topics: Emphasis Enforcement Law Little More Observance People Put Sometimes Than Wish Would

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You're a smart person. You're going to figure out where you can be more effective and more efficient with your own resources, and that's going to put more of an investment and emphasis on your future.

~Caroline Ghosn

Topics: Effective Efficient Emphasis Figure Future Going Investment More Out Own Person Put Resources Smart Where You Your

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The emphasis in each piece is on building a whole, totally integrated structure. In doing this, we try to carry on - in ensemble as well as solo sections - the mood of a jazz soloist. I mean that principle of kinetic improvisation that keeps a jazz solo building.

~Cecil Taylor

Topics: Building Carry Doing Each Emphasis Ensemble Improvisation Integrated Jazz Keeps Mean Mood Piece Principle Sections Solo Structure Totally Try Well Whole

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You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three novels before you hit it big. You know, now, there's much more of an emphasis in the publishing houses on making sure that every book makes money.

~Chad Harbach

Topics: Able Audience Before Big Book Build Days Emphasis Every Hit Houses Know Makes Making Might Money More Much Novels Now Old Old Days Publishing Slowly Sort Sure Three Two Work You Your

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All three of us - two sisters and a brother - were brought up with an emphasis on academics.

~Chanda Kochhar

Topics: Academics Brother Brought Emphasis Sisters Three Two Up Us Were

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The emphasis so far on fiscal austerity, while to a degree necessary for the countries facing market funding difficulties, is excessive when carried out across the board.

~Charles Dallara

Topics: Across Austerity Board Carried Countries Degree Difficulties Emphasis Excessive Facing Far Fiscal Funding Market Necessary Out While

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Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical component; that is, gravity.

~Charles Francis Richter

Topics: Acceleration Component Emphasis Factor Gravity Horizontal Ordinary Put Reason Safety Simple Structures Vertical

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Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

~Charles Vest

Topics: Afford Amount Award Best Cannot Changes Emphasis Few Full Funding Funds Given Goes Grants Increasing Like Make Place Possible Programs Purely Really Simply Students Tuition Who Worlds Would

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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Acting Both Carry Day Die Dying Emphasis Every Every Day Going Live Living Make Preparations

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I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Amnesty Citizenship Committed Crime Emphasis Every Families Keeping Path Person Pushing Should Special States Think Together United United States Violent Who I Think

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