Les Aspin Quotes
Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.
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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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An issue that really concerned me when I was on the House Intelligence Committee was the quality of analysis.
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An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.
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If racism is not the main problem for blacks, what is? Liberal antiracism.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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As long as we’ve got somewhere to sleep, a bowl of cereal, and a coloring book we’ll be fine.
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Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.
