William S. Cohen Quotes
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
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I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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We're stressing more this year to forget about numbers, just go out and do whatever it takes to win. If you have to get a guy over, get him over. Whatever you can do to get the runner into scoring position, then let the next guy drive him in.
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If "Number rules the universe" as Pythagoras asserted, Number is merely our delegate to the throne, for we rule Number.
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Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.
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London is my favorite place in the world. I love London. I think it has the best of L.A. and New York in one, and I have a really great friend there.
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As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy that must be contained; on the other hand, there are those who see China as a slowly developing democracy that can be embraced.
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Government is the enemy until you need a friend.
