H. W. Brands Quotes
We have so many people who can’t see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one...
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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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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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I like things simple.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I was kind of lost for several years.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
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Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now.
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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
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I won't hold any illusions of changing the world or any such nonsense. But maybe, just maybe, I'm helping someone else change his or her life a little bit for the better, even if it just means giving someone a magical place in which to hide.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.
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I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically.
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If you are passionate about entrepreneurship like I am, you too can instill this passion in your children.
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Immigration is the most difficult issue I've ever dealt with, and I've dealt with some tough issues: drones, gays in the military, WikiLeaks, Guantanamo. But immigration is hardest because there are so few people willing to talk and build consensus. Everybody's firmly made up their mind. It's a polarized issue.
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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
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We have so many people who can’t see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one...
