George Washington Quotes
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
Quotes to Explore
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
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I want to go see Somalia because I've never been there, and I feel like I'm missing out. I want to learn that heritage; I want to learn about my culture.
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There's no question there needs to be higher-paying opportunities for women. It's not that it hasn't existed in certain categories: Certain women have made a lot of money... Jennifer Lawrence... is being paid a lot of money, rightfully so, for the franchises she's in.
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I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
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Travel is stressful.
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Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.
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The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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I learned long ago you run unopposed, or you run scared.
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You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.
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I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty.
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You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away.
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Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
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The thinking that got us to where we are is not the thinking that will get us to where we want to be.
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It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
