Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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People my age, we would hear from our parents and grandparents who were raised in Detroit about how great this city was from 1900 to the '60s.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
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You hear about our conservative background and know that we're Christian guys, but we're not timid at all. I will take anyone on when it comes to outworking them or putting on a better show or standing up for people who are being put down.
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Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition.
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I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away.
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'I’m not insane, sir,' I said. 'I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.'
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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
