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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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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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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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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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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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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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 like time off because I also have a life outside of theater.
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If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.
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I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.
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People come up and say very nice things about my work, like, 'You were great in 'Blood Diamond!'
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I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
