George Washington Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
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And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.
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If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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I don't think 'Twilight' should be approached like 'Batman.' Because it is an invented kind of world, especially this one, I think it's got to be done with a sense of enjoyment to it I guess more than anything. So I never thought of anything as making fun of it, but kind of reveling in the melodrama of it. It's a melodrama.
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We would often rather seem dutiful to others than to succeed in our duties; and often we would rather tell our friends that we have done them good than to do good in actuality.
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For it is fixed principle with me, that whatever is done should be done well.
