Paul Valery Quotes
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The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.
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While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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As I have seen with a lot of companies I have covered, acquisition interest can be a heady experience, and not always in a good way.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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I remember being in a history lesson and saying to my teacher, 'How come you never talk about black scientists and inventors and pioneers?' And she looked at me and said, 'Because there aren't any.'
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First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.
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Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
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When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
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There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.
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For peace to come, it is time for them - and all of us - to live up to our responsibilities.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, 'What happened next?'
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But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.
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Gotta admit, it's kind of nice being surrounded by amazing beauty products 24/7.
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At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent - all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.
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At times I think and at times I am.
