George H. W. Bush Quotes
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.
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Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.
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I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.
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I started sailing because I had to stop playing tennis so much, as I had bad knees.
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No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.
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You have to respect the system. If you have a problem with the system, change the system.
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I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot.
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Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
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My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.
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I did this thing for HBO called 'Strip Search' with Sidney Lumet, who was one of the best directors I've ever worked with. We actually had a rehearsal period before we shot, which is unusual.
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God bless each and everyone of you.
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I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.
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At the bottom of Puritanism one finds envy of the fellow who is having a better time in the world, and hence hatred of him. At the bottom of democracy one finds the same thing. This is why all Puritans are democrats and all democrats are Puritans.
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To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
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Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
