Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A.
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I feel very tied to Ireland and the U.K. and that side of the world.
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An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality.
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The key decision for a statesman is whether to commit his nation or not. There is no middle course. Once a great nation commits itself, it must prevail. It will acquire no kudos for translating its inner doubts into hesitation.
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Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.
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One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum.
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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
