John Quincy Adams Quotes
All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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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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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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I just lost my lunch and I didn’t even have any!
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Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.
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Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.
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To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me.
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I would love to direct a movie, something I really like with a great cast. What a dream!
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All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals.
