Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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You just can't control your art in the future.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
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Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is watching.
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The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.
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I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.
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Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.
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I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
