Alan King Quotes
I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.
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I'm a vocabulary nerd.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
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There's a high head count on 'Homeland.'
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I love badminton. That's my sport!
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.
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Literature has always been a part of my life. I studied history and literature in college. My mother is a novelist; I grew up around books.
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No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.
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By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
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The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.
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I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
