#dec

It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#basically #before #december #everybody #fired

The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ↗

— George D. Aiken

#declare #leave #policy #the best policy #victory

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#became #could #decided #done #finally

I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#believe #bias #comments #decisions #dr

It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#aware #bankruptcy #card #consumers #credit

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. ↗

— Russell Baker

#dismay #events #humanity #indecent #misfortune

It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#army #decided #entered #had #i

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican. ↗

— Rodney Alexander

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They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion. ↗

— Samuel Alito

#based #case #court #decision #i