Patrick Leahy Quotes
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
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And yet I think The White Cliffs of Dover one of my best films.
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
