Everett Dirksen Quotes
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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On the evidence I have on hand at home, social media isn't killing our children. It isn't killing families, either, because the constant long bloody phone calls that parents complained to their teenagers about in decades past are gone.
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I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.
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I'm a total performer.
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Had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.
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The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.
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I've always imagined that one day the path of your life would unroll at your feet and carry you away from us. As it should, as it must. But I am glad that day is not today.
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It is the most astonishing thing that persons who have not sufficient education to spell correctly, to punctuate properly, to place capital letters in the right places, should, when other means of support fail, send mss. for publication.
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Use testimonial letters from satisfied customers at every opportunity.
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Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.
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Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask.
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Everything Saturday is going to be gardening-, plant-, rose- and flower-related.
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We didn't know we'd end up here when we left.
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The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.
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The Internet is a powerful example of free speech and the free market in action; it is curious that the Net has alarmed the lawmakers of a nation founded on those principles.
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Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.
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We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you.
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I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.
