George H. W. Bush Quotes
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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It is always the unreadable that occurs.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
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I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going.
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I like Joe Sakic. Coming out of Buffalo, I obviously like Alexander Mogliny, Pat LaFontaine. Hasek is up there. Miroslav Satan. Whoever seemed to be a good player at the time I'd watch. Jagr too. I tried to learn a lot from those guys.
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In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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Women are over 50 percent of the population.
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I have a lot of artists who I just love to hear their music, and I'm a fan of them.
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Adam named the living animals, MaddAddam names the dead ones.
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Someone who is not a killer is not going to watch a TV show and decide to be a killer.
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You tolerate me. You really tolerate me!
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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
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I remember reading 'The Guest' and thinking, 'This is going to be something!'
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I think it indisputable that the distance between the intellectual faculties of different men is greater than that between the same faculties in some men and some other animals.
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Losing is tough.
