Henry Kissinger Quotes
In the current Carter administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President Ford did not bother himself with such minor details. He let me swim in the pool. He only got upset when I tried to walk across the water.
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
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Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.
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My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.
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I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.
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Misery and poverty are so absolutely degrading, and exercise such a paralysing effect over the nature of men, that no class is ever really conscious of its own suffering. They have to be told of it by other people, and they often entirely disbelieve them.
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The struggle between the two worlds Fascism and Democracy can permit no compromises. The new cycle which begins with the ninth year of the Fascist regime places the alternative in even greater relief - either we or they, either their ideas or ours, either our State or theirs!
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Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.
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It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.
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I saw 'Fargo,' not when it came out, but probably a few years later, and went through multiple viewings - I'm sure my tape has been worn out.
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I kinda have the opposite of ADD. I have a hyper-focused disorder, where if there's a given task in front of me I really concentrate on that.
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I was in Germany when the wall came down.
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'Kris Kringle' is a holiday musical for a new generation - a gorgeous score paired with a heartwarming tale of family and forgiveness.
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I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.
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The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing to die for God if you have to do that. But it's another thing to say that's what God wants, that this is a glorification of God.
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I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.
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I remember Ella Fitzgerald sort of coming into my life like a bolt of lightning - like, what is that? It was one of the purest examples of God in art that I'd ever seen.
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My favorite play is Hamlet. It was my first love when it comes to Shakespeare, and I've read it and seen it performed more than just about every other Shakespeare play. I've had the "To be or not to be" monologue memorized since I was 15, and it's just really close to my heart.
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The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest.
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In the current Carter administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President Ford did not bother himself with such minor details. He let me swim in the pool. He only got upset when I tried to walk across the water.
