Harry S Truman Quotes
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.
Quotes to Explore
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
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To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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I have some wigs at home just for fun. Throughout my years, my hair has been treated in a not very nice way, so I have to be careful.
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Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.'
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People are living vicariously through others, to be sure. As much as they hate it ... they get to live that through seeing it.
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This is just a great day for the American people. This is a great win for the American people.
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A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.
