John Ashcroft Quotes
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling.
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I've lived in LA for so long, I don't even know what is real and what isn't any more.
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Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term.
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If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting close... So far, I feel lucky and infinitely grateful for the successes that I've had. I'm just going to keep working hard, and whatever happens, happens.
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Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.
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I got my green card and everything through my work, even before marriage or anything like that, so you really have to follow the rules and do everything the right way to be able to accomplish that, so it was big... I had my green card for so long.
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Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty of all mankind to destroy it.
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I have, for a very long time, been a huge admirer of Marilynne Robinson, whose work I just love.
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I'm not allowed to see R-rated movies, but I did see 'Kick-Ass' because I'm in it. I'm not going to skip out on my own premiere!
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I don't want to be a lead player. I don't want to shred and play fast licks. I just want to be the best rhythm section ever.
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Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
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Being a Muslim in America, I've noticed that there's a ton of crossover between the Muslim community and geekdom.
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The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
