Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.
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Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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I hate celebrities.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.
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I like listening to Beyonce, and I like Jason Derulo. I love his new song 'Don't Wanna Go Home.'
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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Death, only, renders hope futile.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.
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It's the great soul that surrenders itself to fate, but a puny degenerate thing that struggles.
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Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.
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In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.
