Charles S. Dutton Quotes
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Devout Anatolian masses rising from poverty have transformed Turkey politically and economically.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things. That's what makes the European Union experience so challenging and also a model. Why did we do this choice? Because we see that we share a common interest and common values.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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I hated school, didn't like the discipline.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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On 'Oz' one day, I got a chunk of a camera embedded in my head, and I was passed out on the floor geysering blood while the set medic stood over me, freaking out. No help whatsoever. I ended up going to the ER and getting nine stitches in my head – real Frankenstein stitches.
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You go to Paris, or you go to Portugal, you go to Poland, and you ask, 'Who are you people?' They'll tell you, we're Portuguese, we're Spanish, we're Polish. Who are the people that are really European? The people in Brussels, in the E.U. bureaucracy. Europe has not been able to move to the level of patriotic identification with the concept.
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The American world had - seemingly, at least - become a Jeffersonian world by the election of 1800, which placed Thomas Jefferson in the presidency. Jefferson had been Hamilton's rival in the new government's early years, and Hamilton has figured in the public memory almost as much for that rivalry as for his positive achievements.
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My favorite way to cook a clam is in chowder. I was a New Yorker for 20 years, and I always loved tomato-based, celery-heavy Manhattan chowders.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
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The American public deserves answers. Her record is so thin we don't know anything about her.
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I learn something new every game. Every game is always different, no matter how you try and think about it beforehand.
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What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.
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I don't even know if I can call myself a director.
