Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
Quotes to Explore
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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The world is always in movement.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.
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I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
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There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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Anything that makes you feel good is always going to be drawing in more.
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I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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Apple is always focused on out-innovating itself... and that is something I am very proud to be a part of.
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Mammoth organizations, these ponderous processes. Many people don't realize that the nuclear capability that this country [USA] amassed and maintained over the period of the Cold War cost $6 trillion .
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
