Harry S Truman Quotes
I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and 25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be true.
Quotes to Explore
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.
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I can hold my breath for 7 minutes and 5 seconds.
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Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.
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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
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I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
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We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
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My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.
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There's three networks you want to be on: It's either AMC, HBO, or Showtime.
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The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else
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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.
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The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat.
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I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and 25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be true.
