Ben Chandler Quotes
I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I want to be a major force.
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I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.
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Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and tribal members, this means that the authority of tribal governments must be accorded the respect and support to which they are entitled under the law. It means that American Indian children and youth must be provided a solid education and the opportunity to go on to college. It means that more must be done to stimulate tribal economies, create jobs, and increase economic opportunities.
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Going to any place that you view as more politically oppressed than your own country, there's a weird tendency to assume that the whole existence is determined minute by minute by the political reality, but of course, that's not the case for any of us.
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In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish.
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The second group consists of people of action who spend their lives in the public or political sphere. Their goal is fame or honor—recognition. The problem, however, is that they are keener on being recognized, than on actually being good people. What matters is the accolades and not the reason for.
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I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.
