Dan Coats Quotes
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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I had a crazy life for a teenager. I lived in New Jersey, but I'd go to Vermont for three weeks, join a commune, take pictures with the guy I was dating, come back home, and post photos.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.
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With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.
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Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
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Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.
