Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
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I think long-term, Bitcoin is a currency of the Internet. So, even if humans don't use it, routers will use it. Web browsers will use it. Web servers will use it.
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It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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You can count on the fingers of one hand the times a B sample has not confirmed the result of the A sample. It's almost always a delaying tactic.
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For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
