Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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I shop more than most women.
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I've had a lot of fans come up to me and say, 'I love the video song.' It's like it's a soundtrack recording or something. We'll never forget that the music comes first. I sometimes find video a little distasteful for that reason. People associate a band with their video images rather than with the music they produce, that's a little scary.
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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In meeting the challenges of organic growth, BlackRock has the advantage of having an executive team greatly respected for what it has accomplished.
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I met my wife in Oxford, fell in love with her, and followed her to New York. I was an illegal there for the first few years, until we got married, so I ended up doing lots of interesting jobs, some for a few days, some for a few months.
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Men do not fail; they give up trying.
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In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
