Dean Rusk Quotes
The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.
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When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I have to grow with my audience.
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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I wouldn't want to be a James Bond.
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There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.
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I think, of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never know what sort of gift is appropriate. A jar of dirt, maybe? And it's not clear to me why Earth even needs a 'day,' since a spin on its axis creates a day. That's like giving a man who owns a shoe store a gift of a pair of shoes.
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Pesto is such a great standard. It's so simple to make and always tastes good.
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Beautiful language! Love's peculiar, own,But only to the spring and summer known.
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Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.
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Though the night was made for loving,And the day returns too soon,Yet we'll go no more a rovingBy the light of the moon.
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What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.
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My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me messing with his guitar, his electric guitar, and he tried to show me some chords, but my hands were too small.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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I look at the rates of suicide among gay teens. They are so, so high for suicide attempts and for completed suicides.
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Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.
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The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.
