Richard Simmons Quotes
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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We are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... he has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.
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I love Sunday-morning drives. I'll be up at 6 A.M., get a cup of coffee, and head out.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read.
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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
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It should not be the government running the economy.
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The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.
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I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.
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I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
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You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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Mother, are you there? I love you. I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel.
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I'm not a director who feels I should be in your face all the time. I really want you to watch the actors and listen to the play.
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For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties.
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If you don't love your mother you go straight to hell.
