Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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I am not honest.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
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I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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A lot of productivity is capturing ideas. I use a wiki - it's more valuable than e-mail for running a company - and I have a page for every person with whom I interact frequently.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.
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Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
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Someone once described Ken Lewis to me as the most competitive person in the history of the United States, including the Union Army.
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Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless.
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The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
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It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.
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The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.
