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You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#cannot #change #congress #constitution #i

You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' ↗

— Gary Busey

#finding #growth #important #important lesson #inviting

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#cost #decided #government #i #lot

Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#delaware state #delaware state university #example #go #graduates

So the first season about halfway through he just sort of put us together and then broke us up all within one episode. One of the ideas is to have us do that once a year - to have everything blow up in our faces and not work out. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#blow #broke #episode #everything #faces

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. ↗

— Nolan Bushnell

#about #difference #does #dries #ever

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bad #ideas #like #lives #most

When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary. ↗

— Red Buttons

#bit #bloody #dean #dean martin #dracula

Some of those STINKIN' press people just had to make fun of my decision in joining the show. They also made fun of other choices in my life that I was proud of then and still am now!!! ↗

— Ruth Buzzi

#am #choices #decision #fun #had