Elliot Richardson Quotes
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one cares who has faster fists, but to lose an argument suggests inferior intelligence.
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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I love to be in front of big galleries.
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There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other.
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To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
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I come from a place where there's violence and inarticulacy. I worked in a pub from the age of 12 or 13. I used to see people smashing glasses over each other. I was never tough. I was scared of them.
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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MF Global used to be known as Man Financial, and it had a reasonably good reputation. It did a humdrum business placing commodities trades for fund managers as well as farmers, grain dealers and others whose livelihoods depend on the vagaries of commodity prices.
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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to.
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I've always been a fan of Coldplay.
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I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.
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People want gimmicks. They have to lose 10 pounds by 8:30 tonight.
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Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, - One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
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The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail.
