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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I like NPR's podcasts because I can listen to those on the bus.
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One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.
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Why? Surely they can find other men.
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Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies.
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Our world is a college, events are teachers, happiness is the graduating point, character is the diploma God gives man.
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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.
