Claude Pepper Quotes

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

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• I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.

  

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• I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

  

  Rafael Nadal
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• Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

  

  S. J. Perelman
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• I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.

  

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• The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.

  

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• I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.

  

  Taron Egerton
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• When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.

  

  Laura Marling
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• I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

  

  Naomie Harris
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• I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.

  

  Ian Anderson
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• I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.

  

  Hari Kunzru
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• There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

  

  Oscar Wilde
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• I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
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• In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

  

  Larry Hogan
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• Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.

  

  Kapil Dev
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• This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.

  

  Pam Grier
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• If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

  

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• All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

  

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• In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

  

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• A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

  

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• Those who believe that health is a commodity, on par with cars or computers, fail to grasp the basic economic lesson that health is very vulnerable to exposure to the markets, not least due to the profound asymmetries in power between the providers and consumers.

  

  Vikram Patel
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• I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.

  

  Bill Parcells
  • Bad
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• Ireland was an idyllic place for us as children. We had all these cousins and all this green countryside. Given what I've written about rural Ireland, my memories of it are all blue skies and endless play.

  

  Martin McDonagh
  • Children
  • Memories
  • Green

• A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

  

  Claude Pepper
  • Age
  • Value
  • Green