Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
I don't mind telling you in confidence that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.
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Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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Before and after emancipation, the Negro, in self-defense, was propelled toward the white employer. The endowments of wealthy white men have developed great institutions of learning for the Negro, but the freedom of action on the part of these same universities has been curtailed in proportion as they are indebted to white philanthropies.
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Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did.
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I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I'm not a painter by any stretch of the imagination; I'm a dyed-in-the-wool traditional illustrator, and I begin with black and white. If I need colour, I add it over the top. There's a calligraphic element to it... it's about the texture of lines on the page.
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We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.
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Men need to know the elemental challenges that sea and mountains present. They need to know what it is to be alive and to survive when great storms come. They need to unlock the secrets of streams, lakes, and canyons and to find how these treasures are veritable storehouses of inspiration. They must experience the sense of mastery of adversity. They must find a peak or a ridge that they can reach under their own power alone.
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Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.
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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
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I don't mind telling you in confidence that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman.
