Cormac McCarthy Quotes
It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
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People are incredible creatures of habit.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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As long as offices are open to all men and no constitutional rank is established, it is pure republicanism.
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We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!
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Holding Hawke’s gaze in a way that not many men could, Walker said, “You will be good to her.” Not a statement, but an order. Hawke’s wolf stirred. “Do you think I’d be otherwise?” “If I did, you’d be dead.
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In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame.
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It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it.
