Richard Shelby Quotes
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.
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I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
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If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.
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The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. It is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union.
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...We should try to link our personal lives with the cause for which we struggle, with the cause of building communism.
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The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
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If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.
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I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.
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Here I am: My brain is open.
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If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability for our choices, how can we find any triumph in our victories or any remorse in our losses?
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America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are good for us but also good for others. That will make Americans exporters of hope again, not exporters of fear.
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With wrestling, we're still athletes. I train like we're an athlete as opposed to a body builder. Some people still have that body-builder mentality. But not from me. I do a lot of agility work and stuff like that.
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Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him.
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Then you're a bigger fool than I thought. Since when has any man ever been worthy of the woman he loved? It's only by God's grace that they love us in spite of ourselves.
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Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
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In my perfect world order, it is cold all the time. Everyone wears sweaters and drinks coffee. People don't speak to each other; they read the newspaper. There is no loud music, and cats are in charge.
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If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.
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If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.
