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I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up. Now's the time for us to work on what we all agree to, which is let's keep middle-class taxes low. That's what our economy needs. That's what the American people deserve.

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In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

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...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

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People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in terms of the label instead of the totality of the experience a novel provides.

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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

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We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence.

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There are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views

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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

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The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

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I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

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We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.

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Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.

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When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

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There's this kind of almost - kind of a weird kind of elitism that says well maybe - maybe certain people in certain parts of the world shouldn't be free; maybe it's best just to let them sit in these tyrannical societies. And our foreign policy rejects that concept. And we don't accept it. And so we're working.

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For too many of us, it's become safer to retreat into our own bubbles, whether in our neighborhoods or on college campuses, or places of worship or especially our social media feeds, surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions. And increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we start accepting only information, whether it's true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that is out there.

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I saw a lot of people taking the wrong routes, coming up as a kid, just doing the wrong things.

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The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.

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I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

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The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens.

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There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.

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