Henry Kissinger Quotes
The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations.
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The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination is both morally right and a practical necessity in protecting humanity.
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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.
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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
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When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.
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In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs.
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Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.
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The grave's a fine and quiet place but none I think do finish their books from there.
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Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.
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The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations.
