John McCain Quotes
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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Most men are fragile.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.
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The world is changing quickly and we must be ready to change with it or risk being left behind.
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I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.
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When I do my shows, it's really cross-generational. Sometimes there's three generations there.
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The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.
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What IS is more important than WHAT SHOULD BE. To many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be.'
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In my reporting, I've found that real change escapes many change-makers because powerful illusions guide their projects.
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The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.
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One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.
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I don't think Roger Ailes is ham-fisted.
