Public Quotes
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Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
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I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.
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Public opinion is a second conscience.
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If the British public were shown slavery in their own society seen through the eyes of the enslaved, they would get a much better understanding.
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I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
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Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?
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I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public.
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Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.
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The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.
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Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession required an infinite capacity for cautious, contemplative thought.
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Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is temperate, industrious, just and valiant, and who uses all his virtues for the public good, it shows a great and lofty mind.
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All of us here are servants of the reading public. I am the head of the servants and I must show that I know better than any of the servants where the materials are found. I want to show that our service here is efficient and that we are really working to serve.
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It has been my impression that at any gathering, whether it be public or private, those who are quickest to inject words like sensitivity, empathy, consensus, trust, confidentiality, and togetherness into their arguments have perverted these humanitarian words into power tools to get others to adapt to them.
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If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.
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Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as silly or just plain stupid.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.
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I feel like an outsider sometimes. Sometimes being more public makes me feel uncomfortable. I'll have people asking me for autographs in Thailand and I'll ask if they've seen my films and they'll say, "No, but I know who you are and I like the way you look - I like the skinhead look."
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Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!
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It's what happens when you've been in the game a long time. We had to grow up in a very public way.
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I grew up in the Justice Department. I served 12 years as a line lawyer in the public integrity section. This department under me will not have any kind of political interference. I will not allow political interference in the Justice Department. Those who might attempt to do that will be rebuffed.
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One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
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An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you alive in the public mind and gives a push to your older books.
