Pete Hamill Quotes
Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters.
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I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.
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Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
