Richard Perle Quotes
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited me to come speak to the kids about the viability of a music career. When I went into the room where I used to play every day in a big orchestra, they had nothing!
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Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real pop to anyone's overall performance.
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You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.
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As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.
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Good Lord, I went in for a check up the other day and the doctor said 'You need to lay off eggs.' I go 'Is my cholesterol bad?' He said 'No, your farts are killing everybody in this room.'
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'When will you stop this metaphysical nonsense?' said Edward wearily. 'But I suppose you’ve no other way to look at the matter, born as you were in an age of superstitious piety.'
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Besides, they always smell of bread and butter.
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Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
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I remember having a conversation with my sister, saying, 'What if I don't make it? What if I'm still waiting tables when I'm 35?' I was just at the end of my rope. But I've been at the end of that rope several times.
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I am not smarter than anyone else.
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I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.
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Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.
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The # knuckleball can be a metaphor of what it's like to let go.
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Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
