Fred Thompson Quotes
For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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Every idea has its time.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
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I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was like winning the lottery.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It's kind of nice to mix it up.
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I think the biggest difference is in live action, you show up, and there's a set there and a ground to stand on, at least, and in animation, there's kinda nothing. You are making decisions on everything.
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If you don't have good people around you, it's going to be the worst thing for you.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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The Internet has kind of allowed me to go to a virtual library whenever I want to find out something about something and not use one source but find multiple ways to research certain topics or subjects.
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I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don't. I don't summer anywhere either.
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A work should convey its entire meaning by itself, imposing it on the spectator even before he knows what the subject is.
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For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.
