Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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I am more into the old school guy than I am with the new school guys. I came in young and I had to pay my dues to be considered a vet. To be able to play for over 10 years at wide receiver, that's why I like looking at the older guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Teddy Ginn Jr., Brian Hartline. That's what I'm about.
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
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I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
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I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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I kept thinking I was always going to meet the right man, but I never did. Kept waiting for this knight in shining armour. 'When's he coming? He's taking a long time, isn't he?'
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We have a good time and try not to kill each other.
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Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.
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Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.
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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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I think everybody should have a great Wonderbra. There's so many ways to enhance them, everybody does it.
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I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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But when I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky is enough to make my heart quiver. When I’m jumping, I can feel my body parts really well, too—my bounding legs and my clapping hands—and that makes me feel so, so good.
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I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a lot from them.
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The way to do well is to do well.
