John McLaughlin Quotes
Once citadels of free expression and occasional revolutionary ideas, today many American colleges have endorsed political correctness.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place. I wouldn't know where to send a student to study.
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Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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Gingrich, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and Clinton passed legislation because they understood and appreciated the difficult political process. They fought for their principles yet recognized the need for compromise to get anything done.
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My father loved Brazilian football, a diehard follower, so of course, he hated Germany and always rooted against them, always.
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My grandfather was a civil servant. He was honest, so it would be unfair to say we enjoyed the perils of richness.
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I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.
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Not many people remember this, but in the first 'Death Wish' film, Charles Bronson doesn't actually go after the people that hurt his family: he just goes after every punk. He just blows them all away.
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Once citadels of free expression and occasional revolutionary ideas, today many American colleges have endorsed political correctness.
