Harry S Truman Quotes
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.
Quotes to Explore
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When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased.
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America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.
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I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there. While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me.
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When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.
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The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'
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I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
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Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
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The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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A writer is like a gypsy. He owes no allegiance to any government. If he is a good writer he will never like any government he lives under. His hand should be against it and its hand will always be against him.
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Brooding over blunders is the biggest blunder.
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There is a sun, a light that for want of another word I can only call yellow, pale sulphur yellow, pale golden citron. How lovely yellow is!
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We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.
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Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
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When you're nursing and you're working 18-hour days, that's pretty hard.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that ' an unjust law is no law at all.
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It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.
