"Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do."

-- Laurel Clark

#Parent Quotes #Influence Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“Life doesn't often turn out the way we think it will, does it?”
“I'm an optimistic guy.It's just as much the case that people will come to me and ask my opinion about how to properly include the Muslim community, as it is that people will come with some hateful stuff too. When people come to me about my religion, it's not always a thing of "we don't want people like you here," which happens sometimes. But mostly it's people who would like to know more. I get a chance to help people understand the religion better.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com
“Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family.”
“Leaders never have to ask the people to, 'Come follow me.' The people believe just by watching his lead.”
“There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
“Our prejudices, our antipathies, are our natural defenses against what we could not assimilate.”

Source : Natalie Clifford Barney (1992). “Adventures of the Mind: The Memoirs of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.98, NYU Press
“You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.”
“Newspapers are the schoolmasters of the common people.”

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