Harold MacMillan Quotes
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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I'm not a tall man. I'm just a hair under 5'5.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
