Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
Dalton Trumbo -
Freedom is never granted; it is won.
A. Philip Randolph -
It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
Ferdinand Marcos -
Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
Edgar Ramirez -
Respect for women was a very important part of my upbringing.
Sam Hunt -
I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
Frances McDormand
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis -
I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
Patricia Polacco -
I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
Hannibal Buress -
Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters, though. The termite that asks itself why it keeps chewing risks becoming sluggish and inefficient, as does the writer who grows self-conscious in the middle of chapter five.
Walter Kirn -
When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it.
Yoko Ono
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You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.
Calvin Johnson -
You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.
Sam Hunt -
I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.
Ariana Grande -
Gena Rowlands is fabulous.
Nan Goldin -
After you eat a Hot Pocket, Everything will taste like rubber for a month!
Jim Gaffigan
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
Eddie Trunk -
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
The circus leaves a sweet memory.
Fernando Botero -
Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.