Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
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I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.
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If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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Now a few words of advice to boys, and especially to those of my own race, my heart goes out to them as they face life's struggles.
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Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
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If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.
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If life's a joke, then suicide's a bad punch line.
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Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
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Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.
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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.
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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times; still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.
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You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm, and I feel uncertain whether I am in general on the right track.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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Amid life's quests, there seems but worthy one: to do men good.
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Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.
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Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories.
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Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts.
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A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.
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The biggest thing, the most important thing I learned about watching someone I loved being ill was to take each day and live it because you never knew how many days you had left with the person you loved.
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I am no good without you, Ginesse,” he said. “I spent a lifetime alone, but I never understood loneliness until I was away from you. I never understood happiness until I saw you again.
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Life's real victories must be shared.
