Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
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The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.
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The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.
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There's something wholesome about the theatre.
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I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient whose care I am taking over is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it's only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.
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In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters reading 'A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the Post Office had a poster saying 'A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do...' or if 'A Woman's Gotta Do...' were written across the body of a pregnant woman...
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Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,While resignation gently slopes the way;And, all his prospects brightening to the last,His heaven commences ere the world be past.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care … TCB Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me.
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My favourite 'stage' of Shakira was the brunette punk rock one, but she'll always have a special place in my heart, whatever she's doing.
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Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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There still seems to be a lack of film for the baby boomer generation, if you'd like to call it that. And I think 'Martin Bonner' showed what's possible. Later in life, when you've been working at something for a long time, to actually get some kudos for what you do is wonderful.
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All around me I hear cries. And bombs are falling from the skies. Can’t you help me save my life?
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We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership...
