Public Quotes
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I think that public discussions thus far, without a specific proposal, has created and enhanced a lot of confusion and fear among seniors, wondering if their benefits now are going to be cut.
Olympia Snowe -
In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese public, I mourn for those who perished in battles and lost their lives in the horrors of war.
Akihito
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The fact that some of these Arab states are willing to make this public is heartening, and it's a fair response to the Sharon government for the courage which the Sharon government has shown in moving out of Gaza and those four West Bank settlements.
Jack Straw -
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
Abraham Lincoln -
What most of all enables a man to serve the public is not wealth, but content and independence; which, requiring no superfluity at home, distracts not the mind from the common good.
Plutarch -
The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question.
Marion Nestle -
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.
David Lee Roth Van Halen -
It's a big industry thing. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the public. It seems like a pointless thing. It's an excuse for the record companies to get together and kiss each other's arses.
Chris Wolstenholme Muse
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It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good.
Edward Lazear -
To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.
Catherine Deneuve -
I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97.
Benigno Aquino III -
It took long and patient work to put it into the head of the public that General Jackson was a great man and that he brought honor to America.
Jared Sparks -
Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.
Marcello Mastroianni -
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of taste, to flatter their absurd vanity, to tell them what they have been told before, to show them what they ought to be tired of seeing, to amuse them when they feel heavy after eating too much, and to distract their thoughts when they are wearied of their own stupidity.
Oscar Wilde
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But it just so happens that when you're in the public eye, everything gets reported.
Rick Savage Def Leppard -
The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.
Arthur Honegger -
I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.
Eliot Spitzer -
It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past.
Clement Freud -
Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bring about a ruinous disorder and a disastrous cleavage, because the contrariety of the appetites to be satisfied will prevent the satisfaction of any single one. Clearly, then, the effect of the pursuit of private ends under cover of the public good will be worse if there are many with a hand in power than if there is only one
Bertrand de Jouvenel -
We all have our ambassador that we send forward into the world. We all have people we are varying degrees of real with. There's a public face we all wear. As I get older and more comfortable in my skin, I am trying to combine the two so the real me is there all the time.
Sean Maguire
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When we got married, we knew our honeymoon was going to be public, anyway, so we decided to use it to make a statement. We sat in bed and talked to reporters for seven days. It was hilarious. In effect, we were doing a commercial for peace on the front page of the papers instead of a commercial for war.
John Lennon The Beatles -
People in show business who are interested in politics, like Ronald Reagan, fare so well because they do know the magic of dealing with the public. This is something that can't be taught in a book. If they can produce after they've won over the public. If you can live up to your ballyhoo, you've got it made.
Liberace -
Public health is being sacrificed to keep us on the road.
John Whiting -
We believe the public will be better served if such warnings are used more sparingly.
Jack Straw