Barry Goldwater Quotes
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
Quotes to Explore
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I'm a proud family man.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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I grew up in the suburbs, which I don't think shaped me very much.
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If I can break one out of every three return games, I'm going to give myself a shot in a lot of matches.
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To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.'
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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
