James Bovard Quotes
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content.
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught—all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.
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There's something universal about illness... Whether you like it, at some level all patients are saying, 'Daddy, Mommy, help me, tell me it's going to be alright.'
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Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.
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Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.
