Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.
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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.
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I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.
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A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.
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I was madder than a pervert with palsy trying to open up a condom wrapper, I'll tell you what.
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One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.
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You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
