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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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 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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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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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
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They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
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When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome.
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I was fascinated by each area I studied, whether neurology, urology or surgery.
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It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a good way. You just never know what's going to happen. And things change constantly. But there's always opportunities for new work, so you just have to enjoy the job that you're on while you're on it because it doesn't last forever.
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He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
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When you think about 'The Grapes of Wrath,' it's an American masterpiece, and a very long process goes into the making of such a book.
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There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.
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There's a certain missing feeling, a void out there that I'm more than happy to fill. Without criticizing what's out there now, I'm just going to do El DeBarge.
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I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.
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For it is fixed principle with me, that whatever is done should be done well.
