John Chafee Quotes
You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Although the pineapple had been widely disseminated for centuries among the native peoples of South and Central America, it didn't figure in European history until 1493.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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How did abortion and birth control impact the congressional race of Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle or the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? I don't know. But I think the so-called social issues were front and center in the minds of voters. These issues may indeed have lost the Republicans some elections.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I know when I make a decision, I'm increasing my own personal work day.
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I can safely speak for Melissa when I say both of our plans when we moved to L.A. was probably very similar, which was, 'If I can make any kind of a living doing something I really enjoy, then, hooray.'
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A distinction between renewable and not renewable energy is academic.
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We were very young in Duran, and to get pushed in a corner can be very difficult to get out of.
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Yoga disciplines both the mind and the souls and not just your body. It helps me in having a constant positive outlook in life. I would love my family to adopt this form of fitness as well.
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You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.
