Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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You graduate from film school and move to Hollywood. Hollywood tells you, 'We're not the place for you to make films,' so you decide you have to make a film yourself.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I have a secret love of jazz.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.
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I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.
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When I see something that's sensitive, I go, 'You've got to put that out there.' You need to keep the dialogue going and shine a light on the bad guys. If you sweep it under the carpet, people forget about it. People stop talking about it.
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Compression is a tremendous challenge. Five paragraphs on a topic is a lot for all but the most important issues.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth - and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated.
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With the press there is no 'off the record.'
