John F. Kennedy Quotes
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
Quotes to Explore
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
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The Holocaust survivor who knows Auschwitz through the experience of suffering observes it all from the perspective assigned to him. He keeps silent or gives interviews to the Spielberg Foundation, he accepts the compensation payments promised him after a fifty-year delay, or, if he is prominent, he makes a speech in the Swedish Academy.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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EO 11110 did not order the printing of Silver Certificates. It ordered the amendment of a previous executive order so that the United States Code would authorize or 'empower' the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates if the occasion should arise.
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Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution.
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I feel an army in my fist.
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We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.
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Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.
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I don't have a car in Manhattan because you have to choose between a car and an apartment. It's that expensive.
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When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
