Pierre Salinger Quotes
The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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Music is my release.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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Did I collect baseball cards? I've got 10 books full of plastic in my mother's house. All the Upper Decks, the Fleers, the Fleer Ultras. My grandfather brought me to the trade shows. I collected Marvel cards, too.
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What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.
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With girls I get no respect. A belly dancer told me I turned her stomach.
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The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.
