George McGovern Quotes
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
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I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought wasn't right, and I would ape about too, to make everybody laugh. That was my way through my girls' school, because I wasn't very academic.
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
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I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
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Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.
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How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
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Choosing joy involves spiritual surrender, and sometimes we would rather hold on to the pain than surrender our egos.
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You're only as big as your last hit.
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The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
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The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.
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I cannot keep a girlfriend longer than seven months. I have 12 jobs. I don't have time for my personal life. I'm fully aware that this is the sacrifice.
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Now, I simply do what I want.
