David Baldacci Quotes
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine.
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Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary".
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That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.
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I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.
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Colorblind racism is the new racial music most people dance to, the 'new racism' is subtle, institutionalized and seemingly nonracial.
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People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
