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It's interesting - a lot of what you accomplish in your lifetime either as an individual or as a company is determined by other people. I mean, you can do interview after interview and defend a point of view, but more often than not, the collective kind of opinion will be the one viewed historically and taken as gospel.
Jim Lee
You
People
Will
Collective
Other
Interview
Kind
Determined
More
Point
Individual
Point Of View
Lifetime
Taken
Gospel
Opinion
Accomplish
Lot
Historically
Than
Often
After
Either
Interesting
Mean
View
Viewed
Your
Company
Defend
I went to a historically black college.
John David Washington
Black
College
Historically
Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.
John Frankenheimer
Technology
Director
Creative
Key
Has-Been
Must
Fact
Spite
Maintain
New
Protect
Continually
Been
Historically
Trying
New Technology
Element
Film
I wrote 'Young Guns' on spec because I really believed that the young age of these guys historically, the whole legend of Billy dying at 21, would attract a young staple of stars, and that would be the game-changer.
John Fusco
Age
Legend
Young
Stars
Would
Would-Be
Guns
Guys
Attract
Wrote
Because
Historically
Young Age
Dying
Really
Whole
Billy
Staple
Believed
If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
John Major
Time
Good
You
Men
Three
Long
Long Time
Back
Admittedly
Russians
Ten
More
Ten Years
Long Time Ago
Come
Look
Were
Years
Historically
Afghan
Which
Wars
Even
Second
Recent
Britain
Recent Years
Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the power of sin.
John Ortberg
Battle
Church
Power
Big
Build
Primary
Sin
Understood
Historically
Pastors
Against
Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.
John Shelton Reed
Music
People
Country
Has-Been
Country Music
Sort
Been
Historically
Middle-Aged
In France, President Francois Hollande is leveraging the next wave of the Internet to jumpstart economic reforms and create jobs for hundreds of thousands of citizens. A historically socialist government, France has had the courage to quickly implement unique partnerships with the business community to drive entrepreneurial spirit and thinking.
John T. Chambers
Government
Business
Courage
Internet
Drive
Community
Thinking
President
Wave
France
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Jobs
Citizens
Thousands
Spirit
Economic
Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Had
Implement
Partnerships
Historically
Quickly
Reforms
Create
Next
Business Community
Unique
Socialist
There aren't very many notable Native American female figures historically. That's the way that it's been. Pocahontas and Sacajawea.
Julia Jones
Way
Female
Been
Historically
Very
American
Native
Native American
Notable
Figures
Many
Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge.
Jurgen Habermas
Terrorism
Judge
Crimes
Criminal
Category
Concern
Court
Falls
Historically
Different
Historically, science-fiction and fantasy literature is no stranger to controversy, but it has learned how to adapt and endure.
Kameron Hurley
Learned
How
Historically
Controversy
Endure
Literature
Fantasy
Stranger
Adapt
And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.
Katherine Dunn
Women
National
Military
Soldiers
Plenty
Participation
Talent
Forces
Around
Female
Terrorist
Scope
Historically
Revolutionary
While
Planet
Full
Military Forces
Groups
Found
Resisted
There must be something in the water in Minnesota because historically, despite its seemingly homogeneous population, the state has produced some of our more radical political thinkers, and its people have put their prejudices aside to vote for them.
Keith Ellison
Vote
People
Water
Political
Radical
State
Despite
Our
Must
Minnesota
Some
Seemingly
Something
More
Put
Because
Historically
Them
Aside
Produced
Prejudices
Population
Thinkers
I think a lot of things are shoved in our face, politically and historically, for money, and that's the motive.
Kendra Wilkinson
Money
Face
Think
Our
Motive
Lot
Historically
Politically
Things
I think it's useful to recall that a lot of these statutes like 'disrupting the classroom' or 'disturbing the peace' have long been historically used to oppress and criminalize black people.
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Peace
People
Black
Long
Think
Criminalize
Disturbing
Classroom
Like
Been
Oppress
Lot
Historically
Used
Useful
Recall
Historically a publicly unaccepted but incredibly rich culture, queer love was only able to exist privately for a long time, expressed in society through coded art forms.
King Princess
Love
Art
Time
Culture
Long
Long Time
Rich
Society
Incredibly
Able
Only
Through
Queer
Exist
Art Forms
Historically
Privately
Forms
Expressed
Publicly
To play this iconic character from this historically wonderful series of books - who wouldn't take that opportunity and be happy about it? I'm happy to be Hodor forever.
Kristian Nairn
Character
Be Happy
Happy
Wonderful
Opportunity
Books
About
Take
Historically
Forever
Iconic
Who
Series
Play
Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.
L. Lionel Kendrick
Today
Death
Bible
Reading
Others
Prohibited
Possible
Some
Laws
Clergy
Make
Private
Were
Historically
Times
Being
Public
Scriptures
Them
Us
Even
Reserved
Suffered
While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
Lake Bell
Dreams
You
Marriage
Obligation
Achieve
Husband
Liberates
Find
Dire
Wings
Take
Adventure
Like
Call
Historically
Person
Anything
While
Your
Your Dreams
Found
Actually
Associated
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John
Pure
Scale
Systems
Been
Historically
Anywhere
Notes
Based
Just to take a couple steps back historically, Korea, as you can see, is located among what we call big countries. And historically we've always been the victim of numerous invasions and whatnot.
Lee Myung-bak
You
Big
Victim
Numerous
Back
Located
See
Take
Steps
Countries
Couple
Call
Always
Korea
Been
Historically
Whatnot
Just
Among
What's historically been referred to as 'gerrymandering' can more aptly be labeled an incumbent protection program.
Letitia James
Protection
Incumbent
Aptly
More
Been
Referred
Labeled
Historically
Program
Historically, individuals possessed of the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers: think only of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Linda Colley
Good
Confidence
Think
Possessed
Franklin
Conspicuous
Bestow
Only
Individuals
Proved
Historically
Privilege
Often
Roosevelt
Fortune
Good Fortune
Historically, religion has often proved a more lethal and more divisive force than any secular ideology. It has also often been a more divisive force than race.
Linda Colley
Religion
Secular
Ideology
More
Divisive
Also
Force
Proved
Been
Historically
Than
Any
Often
Race
Lethal
Truly landmark pieces of legislation - including the Social Security Act, Medicare, and the Kennedy and Reagan tax reductions - historically have garnered strong support from both parties. The ACA did not.
Linda McMahon
Strong
Security
Strong Support
Both
Both Parties
Support
Pieces
Parties
Reagan
Reductions
Truly
Historically
Did
Legislation
Tax
Social
Landmark
Act
Social Security
Including
Kennedy
Medicare
One of the nicest things about receiving the accolade of Australia is that, previously, the knighthood was historically for what was termed 'the establishment.' Now, this is an accolade for somebody who comes from a working-class background. Someone whose father was a truck driver and decided to buy a truck.
Lindsay Fox
Buy
Father
Somebody
Background
About
Someone
Driver
Truck
Truck Driver
Knighthood
Termed
Australia
Historically
Establishment
Decided
Working-Class
Who
Nicest
Now
Whose
Things
Receiving
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