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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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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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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Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
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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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You'll see it when you believe it.
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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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While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.
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Putting out a newspaper without promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark -- well-intentioned, but ineffective.
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Conscience is better served by a myth.
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A large-scale crisis - whether a terrorist attack or a financial crash - would likely provide the pretext to declare some sort of state of exception or emergency, where the usual rules no longer apply.
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To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.
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I believe that we have to have a new regulatory regime for our financial system.
