William Bennett Quotes
True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.'
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
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Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
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My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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A true champion can adapt to anything.
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I've always taken direction pretty well.
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No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
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When I was a film critic, the reason I kind of found it disenchanting was because the things that I wanted to talk about were the ideas in the movie, the theme of it, and contextual elements that weren't necessarily central to the story. But the only thing people really wanted was a plot description and how many stars I'd give it. It didn't matter how much effort you put into writing a piece, they looked at it solely as a consumer's guide toward going or not going to films.
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I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist.
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Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever since I first picked up a camera.
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True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.'
