Paul Sarbanes Quotes
Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I do not cook.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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When I was really young, my babysitters had horses, and I started riding them.
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There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him.
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My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight.
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To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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With cab drivers, I always say I'm from Brazil. I don't say I'm from Israel. It's happened more than once that someone is blaming me for the government's policy. And I say, 'Listen, I live here. I'm a musician. I don't call the shots.'
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Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.
