Peter DeFazio Quotes
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we'll figure it out later on.' So there have been a few tricky moments. I once said I could ride, when the truth is I'm terrified of horses, but I got the job!
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn't work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground.
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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
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The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
