Washington Quotes
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Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.
Harry S Truman -
I wish continued success to the Foundation. You're doing an important job to help what is called 'the beautiful game'. You're helping it to expand at every level. I will always remember this very special night in Washington, D.C.
Lamar Hunt
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Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.
Abraham Lincoln -
There's this old line the wise folks in Washington have that "it's not the crime, but the cover-up."
Joshua Micah Marshall -
We are worried about pressure being put on inspectors by certain circles in Washington
Igor Ivanov -
Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.
Alistair Cooke -
According to some reports coming out of Washington today, President Obama said Kanye West is a 'jackass.' Not since 'yes, we can' has Obama found a slogan so many Americans can get behind.
Conan O'Brien -
We just kept waiting and waiting and waiting but never did see a sense of urgency from Washington.
Janet Napolitano
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Certainly I'm treating this as starting all over again and seeing if we can develop a winner in Washington. It's a tough league. We'll see what happens.
Joe Gibbs -
I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.
Ralph Stanley -
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
Chuck Klosterman -
Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him.
Leonardo DiCaprio -
I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.'
Marianne Williamson -
I don't want to negotiate with the power brokers in Washington; I want to tear them down.
Cenk Uygur
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Breast feeding activists plan to descend on Washington for a public breast feeding demonstration. Also descending on Washington, thousands of men saying, 'What? I'm looking at the baby.'
Conan O'Brien -
Today in Washington, D.C., several government buildings were left without power. Of course, the White House will be without power for two more years.
Conan O'Brien -
Utah could elect its first black Republican woman to Congress. In other words, Utah finally got one black person and the first thing they want to do is send her to Washington.
Conan O'Brien -
According to Washington insiders, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan could be the next official to leave the Bush administration. McClellan says he'd like to spend more time lying for his family.
Amy Poehler -
They wanted me to be a Washington.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Sometimes, when I come back to Washington from Indiana, I feel like an ambassador to a foreign country.
Evan Bayh
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I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.
Christina Stead -
In a sense, 'Twin Peaks' never really went away. They've got a 'Twin Peaks' convention up in Washington every year, and I'm pretty much recognized on a fairly regular basis from 'Twin Peaks,' so I feel like it never really got too far away.
Michael J. Anderson -
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored.
Ray Stannard Baker -
Republicans believe that the federal government plays a limited but very important federal role in education. We simply want to help schools get the money that they need to improve education without so many Washington strings attached.
Dennis Hastert