Alf Landon Quotes
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.
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When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.
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Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.
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The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.
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The music is just so rich and part of the culture there. I suddenly felt like I needed to go on this mission to make sure we save New Orleans because - not that I can save anything - but it's so much part of what this country is, this whole mix of people coming together and doing this thing.
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Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
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A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
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In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.
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I was definitely very much a country boy.
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I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.
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This has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me! None of it is true. NONE OF IT! I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. I do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths.
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What we need in this country is a general improvement in eating. We have the best raw materials in the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively, but most of them are ruined in the process of preparing them for the table.
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I always liked the smell of a smoke-filled room. I think it's a good smell.
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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
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I started working in an STD phone booth where I had to note down all the numbers that were dialed - this was post 9/11 when security was a looming issue. I got Rs 10 per day for my work. Soon after, a benefactor offered me a job in a cybercafe down the road for Rs 20.
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Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans.
