Ray Mabus Quotes
On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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God does arithmetic.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
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The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
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Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers.
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My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.
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I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.
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On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.
