George Washington Quotes
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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I am a just man.
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The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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I don't have many friends.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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My only personal time is a couple of hours in the gym in the morning.
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Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.
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I'm single. I had to make a few changes in my life.
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In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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I think it's just important to be always bouncing between TV and theater, and hopefully I'll get to do movies at some point.
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As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.
