Charles W. Pickering Quotes
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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I was forced to lie to my father by doctors and relatives. I made that choice and agreed with them, and I will never, ever get over it. If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself, and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.
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Genius is eternal patience.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were relaxed enough to start becoming personal on stage.
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The most unfair things that could have happened in a society fell upon a blind man. This is something that no one can accept or explain away with any excuse. Everyone will ask: 'Do we actually have to exist in a society like this?'
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A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.