Mark Twain Quotes
'In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot'
Quotes to Explore
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I never was a very good singer.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.
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You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life.
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The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
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I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.
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Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.
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'In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot'
