William Proxmire Quotes
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.William Proxmire
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
Nancy Reagan -
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
A. N. Wilson -
There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
Walter Gropius -
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
Caitlin Moran -
We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
Valerie Plame
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
Laura Wade -
September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
Hamza Yusuf -
It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
Natasha Lyonne -
I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys -
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
Orison Swett Marden
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Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.
Natalie Dormer -
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
Malcolm Bradbury -
Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
Tahl Raz -
Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
E. O. Wilson -
And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.
Lara Flynn Boyle -
Let's dare to release our immature fantasies of a magically faultless U.S. system and a magically protected election process. We have been lucky as a nation, but sometimes continued luck depends on action.
Naomi Wolf
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
William Cowper -
Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
Natasha Leggero -
Get through today – you can fall apart tomorrow. Get through tomorrow, you can fall apart the day after . . .
Tabitha Suzuma -
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
H. Rap Brown -
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
John F. Kennedy -
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
William Proxmire