Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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I used to play shows in D.C. and then drive back to New York to work at 6 A.M. So there are those moments, and you just really need to power through them. Eventually, it builds on itself.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.
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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.
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I was 22 and stopped writing plays, and I didn't start again until I was 25. I was writing badly. In college, I attempted to write these more conventional plays, but the theater I loved was downtown experimental theater. I didn't feel like I could do that either. It didn't occur to me to do my own thing.
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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
