Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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There is a huge opportunity in the intermarriage trend. These are people who, if you show them how vital the community is and how great it is to raise kids Jewish, these people are going to raise their kids Jewish. Ultimately, that's all that matters.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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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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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight.
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I feel like I was in the last graduating class of commercial actors.
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I never really had a job, because I've been cycling from such a young age: there was never really a time to have a job. My mum went into Starbucks once and asked if they had a job for me, and they offered me one - but I never took it up because I couldn't fit the job in with school and cycling.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.
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All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step.
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Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.
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I don't even sing in the shower.
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Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
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I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.
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The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre.
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We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being a "Panther Baby". He knew, he came from that experience of the Black Panthers, and accounting for all his contradictions and process of growth, he achieved politically through gangsta rap things that no conscious rapper has achieved, such as establishing political, ethical, and moral codes between Crips and Bloods in the United States.
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Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
