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“Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.”

Source: When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes

“Over the years, autism has almost been a diagnosis in the eye of the beholder, which allows for all kinds of arguments and dissension and theories and competing therapies to come into play.”

Years Kind Play Eye Theory Argument All Kinds Therapy Autism Competing Diagnosis Beholder Eye Of The Beholder Dissension

Author:John Donvan

“Over the years, black leaders have been slow to recognize the need for a very, very progressive agenda. Anytime someone has talked about putting America back to work, blacks should have said yes, but they didn't. They were so preoccupied with affirmative action that they didn't provide the kind of leadership that would help some of the other progressive folks. Only now are black leaders beginning to realize the impact of economic issues.”

Kind Helping Action Black Realizing Leader Economic Progressive Affirmative Action Affirmative Back To Work

Author:William Julius Wilson

“Over the years, Britain has made her own, unique contribution to Europe. We have provided a haven to those fleeing tyranny and persecution. And in Europe's darkest hour, we helped keep the flame of liberty alight. Across the continent, in silent cemeteries, lie the hundreds of thousands of British servicemen who gave their lives for Europe's freedom.”

Years Made Lying Hours Liberty Havens Unique Europe Silent British Tyranny Flames Contribution Britain Continents Persecution Cemetery Fleeing Darkest Hour Servicemen

Author:David Cameron

“Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.”

Years Has Beens Gun Size Vices Stealing Pens Fraud Charlie Chairman Accounting Staggering Perpetrators

Author:Warren Buffett

“Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.”

Years Different Stories Light Lost Corners Confusing Fragments Different Place

Author:Michael Ondaatje

Source: The Cat's Table

“Over the years, Céline Labaune has been constantly seeking to source the highest quality truffles; her diligence and expertise truly set her apart.”

Years Has Beens Lines Quality Source Highest Seeking Chef Expertise Diligence Truffles

Author:Grant Achatz

“Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.”

Years Country Company Havens Taxes Paper Trade Corporate Dozen Citizenship Papers Bermuda

Author:Richard Neal

“Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.”

Years Television Behave Interviews Host Cynical Nasty Reviewers

Author:John Lydon

“Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.”

Years Matter Bad Things

Author:Tara Lipinski

“Over the years, he [Everett Dirksen] developed a style of infinitely subtle fustian, whose effect can still be remotely approximated by sipping twelve-year-old bourbon, straight, while reading Dickens aloud, in a sort of sepulchral purr.”

Years Stills Government Reading Effects Style Subtle Twelve Dickens Bourbon Sipping

Author:Lance Morrow

“Over the years, he disappeared - like a lot of our leaders disappear. [James Baldwin] was not assassinated, but somehow he went through those assassinations as if it was himself. I think that broke him as well.”

Ifs Thinking Years Wells Leader Disappear Broke Assassination

Author:Raoul Peck

“Over the years, HIV/AIDS activists and their allies have been pioneers in creating new frontiers in the medical establishment. Through their efforts, the FDA drug approval procedures were reformed so promising new therapies could reach desperate patients quicker.”

Years Has Beens Effort Drug Creating Patient Aids Medical Therapy Desperate Activist Allies Establishment Approval Frontiers Procedures Hiv Pioneers Fda Hiv Aids New Frontiers

Author:David Mixner

“Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a relationship is possibly the most potent and certainly one of the most potent factors in bringing about change and learning.”

Years Degrees Empathy Research Evidence Factors Conclusion

Author:Carl Rogers

“Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.”

Years Said Form Technique

Author:Denise Duhamel

“Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds crazy, but hear me out.”

Years Sound Class Crazy Theory Procrastinator English Class

Author:Megan McArdle

Source: The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

“Over the years, I developed an extreme hostility towards the non-profit art organization gulag. I formed the opinion that it's actually a very sophisticated form of government suppression of creativity, particularly in young people. When I see the younger generation dragged into this and being told to write these statements and take these photos, define your work this way or that way, I think it's wrong. I think instead of paying any attention to politics, a great project for young artists is to attack and destroy the non-profits of our world.”

People Thinking World Writing Art Artist Attention Opinion Creativity Sophisticated Hostility Younger Generation

Author:Mark Flood

“Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at it. And once you're controlling the work, it's not going to be very good, or it won't be as good as it should be.”

Should Years Loses Chance Very Good Working It

Author:Jules Feiffer

“Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved and maintained as an effect of some racial advantage. Rather it should be understood as an evolving process, governed by a dynamic of change, as both language and thought underwent transformational alteration caused by a transition from orality to literacy. The instrument of change is discerned to be the invention of the Greek alphabet, at a quite late stage in the history of developing cultures.”

“Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.”

Years Has Beens Play Character Emotion Scary

Author:Gary Oldman

“Over the years, I have been fortunate to get to play a lot of really kick-ass girls.”

Years Has Beens Play Girl Ass Fortunate Kicks Kick Ass

Author:Summer Glau

“Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention.”

Ifs World Years Prepared Definitions Significant Invention Characteristics Unexpected I Have Learned

Author:Edwin Land

“Over the years, I have pushed myself mentally and I have pushed myself physically. A lot of people say, 'John Havlicek never gets tired.' Well, I get tired. It's just a matter of pushing myself. I say to myself, 'He's as tired as I am; who's going to win this mental battle?' It's just a matter of mental toughness.”

People Years Wells Matter Winning Battle Tired Pushing Wrestling Toughness Mental Toughness

Author:John Havlicek

“Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.”

Years Accepting Careers Politician Defeat Ruins

Author:Jean Chretien

Source: My Years as Prime Minister

“Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday.”

Needs Years Mean Home Mother Interest Pleasure Inspiring Taught Mom Activity Tradition Importance Aging Everyday Scope Mothers Day Happy Mothers Day

Author:Martha Stewart

“Over the years, I realized there was a Republican philosophy that I liked. And then they lost it. And LIBERTARIANS had more of it. Because what I really believe is, let's spend a little more time leaving everybody alone.”

Years Believe Littles Philosophy Lost Republican Leaving Libertarian I Realized More Time

Author:Clint Eastwood

“Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that.”

Thinking Should Years Spiritual Moving Universe Bits Religious Perfect Development Evolution Perfection Satisfied Matured Grandiose Spiritual Evolution

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done.”

People Way Should Years Done Bits

Author:India.Arie

“Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.”

Feels Years Persons Artist Individual My Own Creative Taken Comfortable Skins Paid Dues Driven Curious Solo Creative Person

Author:Annie Lennox

“Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.”

Years Littles Lost Bits Basketball Little Bit

Author:Stephon Marbury

“Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected.”

Trying Years Character Would Be Audience Relationship Lows Protected Profile

Author:Kevin Spacey

“Over the years, I've collected a lot of musical friends.”

Years Musical

Author:Joshua Bell

“Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.”

Years Long Two Sports Industry Fit Standing Dues Enjoyed Giants Entity Msg

Author:Boomer Esiason

“Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.”

Ifs Years Mind Book Ends Matter Whole Deals Approach Determine Conclusion Saving Articles Contemplating Editorials

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Over the years, I've found one rule. It is the only one I give on those occasions when I talk about writing. A simple rule. If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. You are, in effect, contracting to pick up such valuables at a given time. Count on me, you are saying to a few forces below: I will be there to write.”

Ifs Giving Writing Years Found Given Force Simple Effects Materials Tomorrow Picks Asking Occasions Unconscious Desks Declaration Contracting Count On Me

Author:Norman Mailer

“Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.”

“Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.”

“Over the years, I've had about 80 stitches in my head and face from football incidents and bar incidents, so I have lots of scars. I don't think I look intimidating, but I'm sure other people have their opinions.”

People Thinking Years Looks Faces Opinion Football Bars Scar Incidents Intimidating Stitches

Author:Vinnie Jones

“Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's still restrictions and expectations. It's nice to be at the cottage-industry size, which I think is kind of the business model of the age anyway. It's the way to be. The Internet makes a lot of that possible. Having a loyal fan base is also very useful to keep me operating; people can find your website, and the venues that you're playing at, the merchandise you have for sale, all that kind of stuff. It's great to be able to reach the audience in a more direct way.”

People Thinking Kind Age Audience Nice Internet Expectations Direct Spite Loyal Website

Author:Richard Thompson

“Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.”

Inspirational Years Chance Shots Take A Chance Blocked

Author:John Havlicek

“Over the years, I've learned that a confident person doesn't concentrate or focus on their weaknesses - they maximize their strengths.”

Years Persons Focus Weakness I've Learned

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.”

Ifs Years Fun Elements Blow Having Fun I've Learned Fabric Tailored

Author:James Marsden

“Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.”

Years Hands Stage Orchestra

Author:Anthony Daniels

“Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.”

Years Made Two Together Winning Sacrifice Broken Gold Medal Streaks Gold Medals

Author:Misty May-Treanor

Source: Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life

“Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.”

Ifs Way Years Use Literature Speak Language Scene Sentences Paragraph Typing

Author:Kevin J. Anderson

“Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.”

Years Inspiration Research South Including California Traveled Hawaii Ohio Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how the light of a space determines how we see that space and similarly, in how light and color are actually phenomena within us, within our own eyes.”

Years Art Light Eye Space Issues Color Determine Space Time Light And Color

Author:Olafur Eliasson

“Over the years, Ive covered 22,000 miles.”

Years Miles Covered

Author:Kenneth H. Cooper

“Over the years, Ive worked with just about everybody.”

Years

Author:Joe Cocker

“Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.”

Way Years Sometimes Mother Wife Heard Criticism Males Complaining Worried Colleagues Reservations

Author:Jill Abramson

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