Everett Dirksen Quotes
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I wrote lots of pages. I showed what I wrote to Iowa friends, and they said, 'Good start.' That was discouraging because I thought it was almost done.
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I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.
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I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.
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Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
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If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.
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When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit.
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The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
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We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business. It used to be just about your employees and your customers. Now there are all the issues about global warming, about sustainability, about ethics and now about gender and the distribution of wealth.
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When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
