Jimmy Carter Quotes
Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.
Jimmy Carter
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If it's just a symbol, then to hell with it !
Flannery O'Connor
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Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it.
Flannery O'Connor
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This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national symbol as the maple leaf.
Lester B. Pearson
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We think that Hillary [Clinton] will be a symbol and a reality for the women of the world, and it's very important because so many - so many underdeveloped countries, not the least of which is Afghanistan, the women of the world need help, and she understands those issues and is a lightning rod for them.
Eleanor Smeal
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No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.
Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones
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The cross is a paradoxical religious symbol because it inverts the world’s value system with the news that hope comes by way of defeat, that suffering and death do not have the last word, that the last shall be first and the first last.
James Hal Cone
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I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love them.
John Lennon
The Beatles
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An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.
Urjit Patel
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I did two movies with Elvis, and both times not only was he was an absolute joy, but the experience itself was wonderful. He was extremely professional-always on time, knew his lines, and was very much a part of the cast, never pulling rank as the star.
Yvonne Craig
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Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense. And he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of this country.
Jimmy Carter
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If you think there is nothing problematic or mysterious about a symbol system solving problems, then you are a child of today, whose views have been formed since mid-century. Plato (and by his account, Socrates) found difficulty understanding even how problems could be entertained, much less how they could be solved. Let me remind you of how he posed the conundrum in the Meno.
Allen Newell
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The metal frame groans, and something under the hood lets out a mechanical hiss. Smoke billows up from the front, the universal symbol for “you’re screwed.
Anna Banks
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In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.
Venus Williams
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My mother won't tolerate any four-letter words.
Dixie Carter
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For a young man to start his career with a love affair with an older woman was quite de rigueur ... Of course, it must not go on for too long. An apprenticeship was a very different thing from a career.
Vita Sackville-West
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It is tempting to call for better leadership, but we probably expect too much from the leaders of the nations. Those nations are too big, the connections not strong enough, the commitment to the future not long enough. It is better to look smaller, to our now-smaller organisations, to local communities and cities, to families and clusters of friends, to small networks of portfolio people with time to give to something bigger than themselves. We have to fashion our own directions in our own places.
Charles Handy
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The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.
Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.
Jimmy Carter
