Pete du Pont Quotes
If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.
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Looking through the atmosphere is somewhat like looking through a piece of old, stained glass. The glass has defects in it, so the image is blurred from that.
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One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
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The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.
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We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.
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I think that if you're doing a new musical, you want to have the opportunity to experiment and try things without the whole city of critics looking over your shoulder.
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I think when you take the job, you automatically assume that you work for the president. And you are part of a team. And loyalty is a big thing. It's, you know, as a former governor, I can tell you, loyalty and trust is everything when you're a CEO. And so I can totally understand why Donald Trump is looking for loyalty and trust.
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Love your flaws, and own your quirks.
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Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.
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I will sleep no more but arise, You oceans that have been calm within me! how I feel you, fathomless, stirring, preparing unprecedented waves and storms.
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I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.
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If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?
