Pete Sessions Quotes
Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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You have to be around people you trust; otherwise you can't do anything - you're afraid, you're paranoid, and you can't do any work.
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Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.
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As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty -- it's the believers who know it all.
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Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.
