#trie

Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#because #behind #california #china #competitive

Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head. ↗

— Kip Winger

#head #hone #i #mastery #music

I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests and they see in many cases multi-lateral institution as the best way to do that. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#best #best way #cases #countries #i

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ↗

— George Edward Woodberry

#defeat #failure #failures #tried #true

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#demands #earnings #economic #immediately #industries

For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#best #countries #ebay #expansion #global

I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save my life. ↗

— Kip Winger

#acoustic guitar #classical #classical guitar #could #got

John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#insurrection #john #john brown #murder #slaves

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#first #first time #foot #had #hundred

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand