Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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I am offered work all the time but not for TV series.
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We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
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No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.
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The fields and the flowers and the beautiful faces are not ours, as the stars and the hills and the sunlight are not ours, but they give us fresh and happy thoughts.|
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Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
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This is a long-term problem and we know it will take a while to fix.
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At what point do you give up - decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never.
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Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.
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[My mother] worked in the Seagram's Building; it's kind of an iconic '60s skyscraper on a floor so high that your ears popped. And all the women - the whole thing was so very Mad Men, very glamorous.
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What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.
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I wish the constitution, which is offered, had been made more perfect; but I sincerely believe it is the best that could be obtained at this time. And, as a constitutional door is opened for amendment hereafter, the adoption of it, under the present circumstances of the Union, is in my opinion desirable.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.
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Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
