Rex Stout Quotes
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.
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Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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I met a woman who went through a very difficult personal crisis, and she was really bed-ridden for a long time, and 'Friends' got her through. I met a woman who had a brain injury while living in Europe, and 'Friends' got her through.
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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
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I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.
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I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.
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It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
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When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
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Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.
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I just realized at some point that I was hopelessly in love with the theater. I fought it for a long time because I thought theater was for, you know, insufferable actors.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
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If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.
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The Christian's life in all its aspects-intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness-is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate and sustain it. So apart from him, not only will there be no lively believers and no lively congregations, there will be no believers and no congregations at all.
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Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.
