Sam Houston Quotes
I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years.
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Even as a kid, I'd have a recorder, and I'd lean it up against a TV and record 'I Love Lucy.' I loved hearing the audience laughing. It was really exciting to me.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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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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As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space.
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I think any time you bring those guys in, one with a lot of playoff experience, with rings - those guys won - guys in the locker room gravitate towards those guys. Those guys have been there, so there's a lot that they can teach the guys.
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I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.
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I have a great office.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
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You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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The three traits speculators must learn to manage within themselves are confidence, fear, and aggressiveness.
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I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.
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It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement.
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The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
