Clare Short Quotes
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What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
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I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
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Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that's what our whole country is based on. It's amazing that Michael Jordan can be an iconic figure because he's basically just protein.
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I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.
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I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.
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All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.
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Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
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I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call privilege and about why it's there. Black people in this country have no choice but to be curious. We have to know. I wish folks would do a little bit more investigation.
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I've been a comedian, hosted travel shows, explored world religions, started improv troupes, given keynote speeches at conferences around the country, and had a milk shake named after me called the Handicappuccino.
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Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.
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But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back.
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I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.
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A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.
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Do every single thing you can to protect yourself, your family, and your country.
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I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.
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We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, and I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get back to work.
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If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.
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I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way.
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It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.
