Nicholas Murray Butler Quotes
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
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I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.
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Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity - because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.
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The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.
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'Rachael Ray does to food what Hitler did to Poland.' Attributed to credentialed chef Anthony Bourdain.
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Oh dear, I never realized what a terrible lot of explaining one has to do in a murder!
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Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
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The people of the FBI sacrifice much for their country, and I am proud to lead this organization of dedicated agents, analysts, and professional staff.
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Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
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In my view - which could be wrong, but it is my field - there is no better formula for social instability than to divide a society between two ascribed characteristics that are seen as opposite.
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A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward.
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Napalm came from Harvard. Veritas!
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The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
