George Washington Quotes
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
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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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I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.
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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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Some people believe the U.S. can't compete in the design and manufacture of sophisticated products. I think we absolutely can if we pull together. We have shown that we can do that in commercial airplanes, and we can absolutely prove that we can do that in automobiles.
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One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
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The actors work out how to create the show with me during the rehearsals. They owe it to themselves and each other to maintain that contract regardless of what the critics say.
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I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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His father thought he had a wond'rous wise look when he was born, and so he named him Solomon, thinking that if indeed he turned out to be wise the name would fit him nicely, whereas, should he be mistaken, and the boy grow up stupid, his name could be easily changed to Simon.
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Stay away from screens, especially those LED screens. Those blue-light emitting devices fool your brain into thinking that it's still daytime, even though it's night-time and you want to get to sleep.
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It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
