Hyman G. Rickover Quotes
Everything new endangers something old. A new machine replaces human hands; a new source of power threatens old businesses; a new trade route wipes out the supremacy of old ports and brings prosperity to new ones. This is the price that must be paid for progress and it is worth it.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
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I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
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If I think you’re my problem, I’m insane.
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Can't is the word that is foe to ambition,An enemy ambushed to shatter your will;Its prey is forever the man with a missionAnd bows but to courage and patience and skill.Hate it, with hatred that's deep and undying,For once it is welcomed 'twill break any man;Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep tryingAnd answer this demon by saying: 'I can.'
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We are flattered to witness the response generated by the beta program and are working towards accommodating all pending sign up requests as soon as we launch live.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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Everything new endangers something old. A new machine replaces human hands; a new source of power threatens old businesses; a new trade route wipes out the supremacy of old ports and brings prosperity to new ones. This is the price that must be paid for progress and it is worth it.
