Dennis Hastert Quotes
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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The Afghans I met were some of the nicest and most honorable people I've ever encountered. There is a code called 'Pashtunwali,' so if someone invites you into their village, every last man will fight to protect your life. I was impressed by that.
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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.
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We've got to change the way we do things.
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You can't jam change down the American people's throat.
