Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That's what's numbing - if you think you can't change, you can't be better. And I didn't like that.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
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Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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Given my district, it would not have been right to put together a 99-song playlist and not include Barbra Streisand. She has appeal across several demographics of the district.
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I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
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I came from a childhood where I spent a lot of time alone and a lot of time just living with my imagination, and a certain amount of the adult world was kind of alienating.
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.
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I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That's what's numbing - if you think you can't change, you can't be better. And I didn't like that.
