John McCain Quotes
Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.
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There is no such thing as ugly.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.
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'Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties.
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Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.
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My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.
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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.
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If you can be anything else but a writer, be it.
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No one ever knows if a book is good until they read the book.
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So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the co-operation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.
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A sensible man should not demand of me, or hope that when we mention a subject, we shall make a complete exposition of it.
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He began with an exordium, containing an apology for his resignation of the office of Advocate-General in the Court of Admiralty; and for his appearance in that cause, in opposition to the Crown, and in favor of the town of Boston, and the merchants of Boston and Salem.
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They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.
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Without alienation, there can be no politics.
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When Gore Vidal was coming up, there were three major channels, and he could count on a big audience when he debated someone like William F. Buckley on TV.
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Art is life's dream interpretation.
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Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent, but 6 years and $4.7 billion later, the drug control results are meager at best.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled.
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I'm very interested in foundational narratives.
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Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.
