Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.
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We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.
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Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
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I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.
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If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way.
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We have no vital national interest in Syria's civil war.
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In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
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If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book.
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No one comes into our house and pushes us around.
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I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.
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Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
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When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.
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Poverty is no disgrace. But it is certainly not a recommendation.
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When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.
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I will act as if I do make a difference.
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We should not and cannot change all our differences. Each of us brings from our own background things which we should share. There is good in diversity.
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The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.
