Sue Townsend (Susan Lillian Townsend) Quotes
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One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.
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I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly not in individuality, but they all bear elements of what I feel.
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A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.
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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly love and altruism. The more clearly we see the benefits of these values, the more we will seek to reject anything that opposes them; in this way we will be able to bring about inner transformation.
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The beauty of the environment is an important factor in the quality of life.
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I think it takes a little bit of crazy to make a difference in this world.
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I've always thought that you just make everything as best as you can, and then, one day, people will look objectively at what you do, from a distance, and see its quality. All you try to do is keep the standard up so that, one day, when I sit back and I look at it all, I can feel really good about it.
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If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.
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I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.
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Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act as if never having done something and not knowing what you're doing is a virtue.
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I don't think about better. You just want it to work. You want it to work and you have your guide with the script. You want it to exist and complete.
