George Washington Quotes

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

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• My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

  

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• I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.

  

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• My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.

  

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• I seemed to have been born reading.

  

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• You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.

  

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• Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

  

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• Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we'll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, 'You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.'

  

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• Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.

  

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• I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

  

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• More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

  

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• I want to be a major force.

  

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• Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.

  

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• I think long-term, Bitcoin is a currency of the Internet. So, even if humans don't use it, routers will use it. Web browsers will use it. Web servers will use it.

  

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• Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.

  

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• There's so many great designers. I'm a little bit of a vintage junkie when it comes to going out. I like to get unique pieces that you won't see everyone wearing, but at the same time I don't like to break the bank. I like to find great vintage pieces that you can hold on to for a long time.

  

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• If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.

  

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• I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.

  

  Brigitte Nielsen
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• A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism. Can people from different backgrounds live together in mutual peace and loyalty? And what we need is a generation of young social entrepreneurs who know how to make that great idea reality in an historical moment where religious extremists are, frankly, making their idea reality.

  

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• Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices: I want gas prices lower because they hurt families.

  

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• The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

  

  George Washington
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