Everett Dirksen Quotes
Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took in about 75 cents per copy from subscribers, $1.25 at the newsstand and a whopping $5 per copy from ads. The ad revenue let them run a far bigger newsroom than subscribers were paying for.
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Nolan has the strangest affect on people. You know, I think there's something very sad and little boy about him, but at the same time the way he goes about everything is so awkward and obnoxious. He can never say the right thing, you know? And I think if he just didn't try so hard and calmed down, people might actually like him a bit more!
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Globalization is a fact of economic life.
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'Whatever I am today is a product of that conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is history.'
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If there is a true secret to the universe, it is this...these first few seconds of warmth and entry and complete acceptance by one’s beloved.
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Arcade Fire seems to be doing very well; certainly, Phoenix is doing very well.
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction.
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In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling.
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I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction.
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A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
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It's time for compassionate Americans to send a wake-up call to their members of Congress and demand passage of legislation to end the wholesale slaughter of America's horses once and for all.
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We're all funny. Humor unites us.
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People who love R&B will love my music, people who love rock will love my music. It's soulful, it's pop. It's a sound that relates to everyone.
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Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it.
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My quick beauty tip is always have a tinted gloss of some kind to give you some color even if you have no makeup on.
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There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
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The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.
