Coleman Young Quotes
There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
Quotes to Explore
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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change what the Republican Party believes.
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The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.
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Nobody knows how fast he is until they play him. He has games when everything he touches turns to gold. (on Michael Owen)
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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo.
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There are certain things that I might not watch, and, in fact, some things that I've done I don't watch because it's not my cup of tea, I guess.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
