Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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Sarbanes-Oxley costs the American people money. It costs jobs. It costs our competitiveness. It hurts our markets.
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There are two outstanding issues in democratic politics these days. One is the relationship with the media, which is now 24/7, and operates with a completely different intensity than even 15 or 20 years ago. How do we have a proper conversation between leaders and country when it's moderated sometimes in a very partisan and inflammatory way? And the second thing is the effectiveness of our democracy. How do we get the right gene and talent pool in politics?
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I am a loyal American. I am extremely proud of the work I have done for the United States and for my country and her people. I expect to be treated as such by the representatives of my government and those who report its work.
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You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.
