Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.

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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
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It was not a good time for Aerospace Engineers (Boeing was laying off thousands of them) and I found programming more fun anyways.
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The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.
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It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans in social media than it is to communicate complex policies.
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A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.
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Distrust that man who tells you to distrust.
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That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.
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Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.
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Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place.