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.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
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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.
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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.
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I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
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There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
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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.
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Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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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.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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Everybody is saying, they can't do this, they can't do that. I was happy for those guys to come out and play well.
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Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?
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Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.
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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
