Mike Royko Quotes
When I conducted a beer-rating session last year, I wrote that most American beers taste as if they were brewed through a horse. That offended many people in the American beer industry, as well as patriots who thought I was being subversive in praising foreign beers. I have just read a little-known study of American beers. So I must apologize to the horse. At least with a horse, we'd know what we're getting.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I have a great office.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.
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I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like... I would definitely do that.
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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
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There's almost a T-shirt feeling to wearing my evening dresses.
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James Baldwin is probably the biggest influence on me from a literary perspective.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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What I do is I always try to educate myself about my neighbors, about the people I meet.
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I'm on a mission to help people grow and give. The more they grow the more they can give, the more life they build, the greater the quality of their life.
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When I conducted a beer-rating session last year, I wrote that most American beers taste as if they were brewed through a horse. That offended many people in the American beer industry, as well as patriots who thought I was being subversive in praising foreign beers. I have just read a little-known study of American beers. So I must apologize to the horse. At least with a horse, we'd know what we're getting.
