Fred Rogers Quotes
Yes, when I was here the first word of the alma mater was 'Men…Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse…' Well, now the first word is 'Dear.' Some things change for the better.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
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The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I can never find the right bras.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.
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Here in Ohio, the hardcore scene is a big thing, so some of our good friends are in hardcore bands. So we've had to figure out how the heck we get these people to respect us.
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The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration.
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The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.
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You have to play with the mentality that you are about to lose your job, and that they're going to talk about 'The Other Guy' first. You have to think, 'I want my name mentioned first.'
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Yes, when I was here the first word of the alma mater was 'Men…Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse…' Well, now the first word is 'Dear.' Some things change for the better.
