Alan Cranston Quotes
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I'm not a Republican.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.'
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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Nor mourn the unalterable Days That Genius goes and Folly stays.
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When you call people we you find it easy to be unfair to them, since you yourself are included in the condemnation.
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When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.
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I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.
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The sky is the limit. I'm just following where life takes me. It's been an incredible journey.
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The arsenal of megadeath can't be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
