Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.
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I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.'
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I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes.
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And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.
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My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show.
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I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person.
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The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting to us, as it is most degrading to human dignity.
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When it comes to underwear, there's nothing worse than a visible panty line. Sometimes it seems like nobody knows that seamless underwear exists. But Calvin Klein makes them. Commando makes them. Hanky Panky makes them. You don't need a drawer full; a few pairs will suffice.
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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
