William Howard Taft Quotes
I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
Quotes to Explore
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the (EU) meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency (of the EU) a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged.
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Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason.
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School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.
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My real fans understand what it is I do, but on another level I have fans who just love my music and don’t know I write it and enjoy it shallowly - and that’s OK too. I think art and music should be just as powerful if you drink it shallow as if you drink it deep.
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When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.
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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
