J. C. Watts Quotes
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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By remembering that I don't know sadness or pain like the people do in the camp and to be sad will not help them.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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Scott, as you and I both know, a popular move these days is to make a titillating charge and then have the media create the frenzy. Given Kenneth Starr’s track record, should we suspect that he’s trying to do with innuendo that which he has been unable to do with evidence?
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.
