Bill Press Quotes
Today, the U.S. has lost one out of every four manufacturing jobs that existed before NAFTA—over 5 million, with 42,000 factories closed. A modest trade surplus with Mexico was replaced with a large, persistent deficit. . . . NAFTA’s new investor protections dramatically increased the ability of corporations to outsource entire factories to Mexico”—resulting in the “giant sucking sound” presidential candidate Ross Perot warned us about.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I didn't mean to turn you on.
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Last year set a new kind of standard, ... I think it does influence, especially when you consider how few people turn out to vote.
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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.
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Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.
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Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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Even with the darkest and most distressing subjects in movies there's always going to be humour not far away, just under the surface. And it does help otherwise we'd just get ourselves into a massive trough of depression if there wasn't humour just around the corner.
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The boarded-up homes, the decaying storefronts, the aging church rolls, kids from unknown families who swaggered down the streets - loud congregations of teenage boys, teenage girls feeding potato chips to crying toddlers, the discarded wrappers tumbling down the block - all of it whispered painful truths.
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I'm... fairly optimistic today about the ability of the U.S. economy to absorb these body blows.
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There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.
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Members of the Senate are considering a tax on cosmetic surgery. When they brought it up, you should have seen the look that Nancy Pelosi's face tried to make.
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I get asked that a lot: "What do you think your role is, with all the people that look up to you?" I'm an entertainer, you know? I'm not trying to bombard anybody with anything, but at the same time, face-to-face or in real life, if I'm talking to some kid, I have opinions just like everybody else does.
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The only shortage we have today is the shortage we have between our own two ears.
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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America can't beat anyone anymore.
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I prefer assonance and internal rhyme to end rhyme. I mean, the sonnet already looks like a box. Best not to get too boxed in, though.
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We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.
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Nothing's been promised, ... It was an opportunity to talk baseball and tell them why I think I'm a good candidate.
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The best investor is your customer.
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Today, the U.S. has lost one out of every four manufacturing jobs that existed before NAFTA—over 5 million, with 42,000 factories closed. A modest trade surplus with Mexico was replaced with a large, persistent deficit. . . . NAFTA’s new investor protections dramatically increased the ability of corporations to outsource entire factories to Mexico”—resulting in the “giant sucking sound” presidential candidate Ross Perot warned us about.
