Charles Duke (Charles Moss "Charlie" Duke Jr.) Quotes
Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.
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Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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I know people said I wasn't selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you're talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.
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'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.
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Fast learners win.
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Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.
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The world's gotten smaller by virtue of the Internet and new media.
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A few days before the [Mr. America] contest we heard rumors about a man who had throngs of people following him along the Lake Michigan Beach front, and we couldn't imagine who could draw crowds by merely walking along the beach!
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If you say, 'I don't want to offend anyone,' then don't get on stage. Just ask yourself, 'Do I think it is right? Do I think it is offensive? And do I think that everyone is okay to hear this? If I truly believe this, then I should go and do this.'
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Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.
