Chief Joseph Quotes
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
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The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?
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My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.
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The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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Individual warrants every day are used to arrest dangerous people.
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Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want.
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She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
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I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
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A bird makes the same use of wings and tail in the air as a swimmer does of his arms and legs in the water.
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Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
