John F. Kerry Quotes
In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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People trash talk me.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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Normally, you spend the play convincing people of the world and the characters.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.
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Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers.
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In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.
