Richard Shelby Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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Escapism, we are led to believe, is evidence of a deficiency in character, a certain failure of temperament, and like so many -isms, it is to be strenuously avoided. 'How do you expect to get ahead?,' people ask. But the question altogether misses the point. The escapist doesn't want to get ahead. He simply wants to get away.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.
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We do a lot of consumer research. Consumers believe the smartphone will be the remote, meaning that it will orchestrate a lot of things. So maybe you will take your connectivity with you to the car.
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
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I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
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I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.
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Music that I really love and believe in and think is extraordinarily honest and beautiful doesn't always become popular. (Oct, 1994 interview).
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I believe in my conscience I intercept many a thought which heaven intended for another man.
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Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth
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I don't know if I believe in marriage - I believe in love.
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These days I settle for feeling only 85 percent sure about most things, most of the time. I believe this is keeping me sane, and I also believe that it's keeping me human. In fact, I'm 85 percent sure of it.
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The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.
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The Internet is full of choices, and nobody is going to make the choice to use a product that is hard to use or unattractive.
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I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs.
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In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being.
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I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
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I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system.
