Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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'Encores!' is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be.
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John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
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A revenue-neutral carbon tax would benefit all Americans by eliminating the need for costly energy subsidies while promoting a level playing field for energy producers.
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We have to do everything we can to try to create jobs and get people back to work.
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I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.
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At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours.
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Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
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I think your vision gets better as you get older.
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Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
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Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
