General quotes
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My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.
While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.
I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.
Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.
Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.
My first encounter with Wu-Tang Clan came when I ordered six CDs from those throwback catalog orders, from Columbia House or something, and '36 Chambers' was one of them. It was on from then.
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.
Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
Men and women who sell their birthright for a mess of pottage will tell you that their demise began with something small, with some seemingly insignificant breach of integrity that escalated. The little things do matter. It is not possible to profess righteousness while flirting with sin.
From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space.
The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.
People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.
