Harry S Truman Quotes
Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
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I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried with garlic and lime. And I make a really good picadillo.
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I think that our primary concern is that the membership in our industry become active. I'm not talking about the candidates being active. I'm talking about the few hundred thousand people who work in the industry around the United States.
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It's almost always easier to sell to an existing customer base than to find a new one.
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If you're going to go to the moon, you don't shoot the rocket right at the moon. You have to go at it obliquely.
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I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.
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When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.
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Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.
