Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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I didn't like playing with dolls; I didn't like getting dressed up. A lot of my friends and people I went to school with were into fashion and their clothes, so I lacked a bit of self-belief and confidence... I wasn't really comfortable.
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I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or deacons or chaplains in the military service. Some Southern Baptist seminaries don't even permit women to teach male students. I don't agree with that. But they can go in and quote a few passages of Paul that women should be restricted in their services.
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My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.
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I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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I have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long.
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We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
