Augustus Quotes
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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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We are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... he has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.
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I am a journalist.
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I'm still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events.
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So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
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We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.
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Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.
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I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.
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Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.
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I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.
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I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
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The political Right is particularly vehement when it comes to compromise. Conservatives are now strongly swayed by the Tea Party movement, whose clarion call is a refusal to compromise regardless of the practical consequences.
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People with a scarcity mentality think there is only so much in the world to go around. It's as if they see life as a pie. When another person gets a big piece, then they get less. Such people are always trying to get even, to pull others down to their level so they can get an equal or even bigger piece of the pie.
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If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.
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This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.
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Livia, nostri coniugii memor vive, ac vale!
