Curtis LeMay Quotes
If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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A 2014 survey found that 74% of law-enforcement agencies reported antigovernment extremism as one of the top terrorist threats. Just 3% of those agencies viewed the threat from Muslim extremists as severe.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I was born in East Germany, before the wall came down. We sort of escaped, I guess. I grew up all over the place. Germany, London, back and forth between Minnesota and Germany. I was sort of an army brat, but not in the army.
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
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The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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I'm not into the gym. I prefer dancing or tennis.
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I actually hate shopping.
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Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
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I need therapy after writing. It's like leaking blood from a stone. It's brutally difficult but worth it.
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In high school, I tried very hard to make everybody like me, which resulted in me being extremely unhappy and in a lot of pain. Therefore, the lesson I got from that was that I can't make everybody happy.
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Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me.
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We do not talk enough about spirit in business, yet it is what moves employees, customers, and shareholders alike.
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There are times when it's absolutely appropriate to march up to someone, stick out your hand and introduce yourself, and times when it's best to let your male cameraman or producer do the talking and hang back until you've felt out the situation.
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If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.
