Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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I like being unconventional.
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It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
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My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.
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For better or worse, we live in possible worlds as much as actual ones. We are cursed by that characteristically human guilt and regret about what might have been in the past. But that may be the cost for our ability to hope and plan for what might be in the future.
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It's not a case of 'look at me in my car'; it's more, 'look at the car'. I like the idea of other people enjoying them, because everything has become a bit faceless and nobody likes the motor car any more.
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I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
