Pete du Pont Quotes
We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'
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How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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Many small businesses rely on small financial institutions, like credit unions and community banks, to meet their capital requirements. Without them, these small businesses would have to close their doors.
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Some people end up becoming just a conservator of the one thing they did and making sure they get their merch out and all that.
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We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.
