Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes
I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
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I won't change anything in my life.
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A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.
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Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.
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I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.
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There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a fair amount of time on the Serb side of the lines, which isn't apparent in the other books.
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Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended.
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I've aged well because I've had to take care of myself.
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And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.
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Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.
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If you can understand the humor in the drawing part you'll probably get the humor in the audio part.
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I think my being a combat pilot, being a woman who has had to break down barriers and succeed in a male-dominated environment, and, I think, just being in the military for 26 years have all helped me.
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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.
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Oracle will continue to componentize all of its solutions so we can work in a heterogeneous environment.
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I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.
