John Philip Sousa Quotes
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
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We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
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People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?
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Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.
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My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.
