Bert Lance Quotes
I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
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My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.
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Electricity was a part of the world from its creation, and therefore my Electra is as old as Daylight or Moonlight, and equally beneficent to mortals and fairies alike.
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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
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Chemistry was always my weakest subject in high school and college.
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The thing is, my life is a country song. I don't need to be manufactured, and I don't need anyone to tell me what to say or what to sing.
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It's really obvious that we have very serious inequality in this country across many different spectrums. Yes, we can talk about the form of protest or the way it's done or this or that. But it's still not really the conversation that I think we desperately need to have more of in this country.
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I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.
