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All Quotes Collection
"The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes."
43
"Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people."
48
"And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan."
35
"And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years."
41
"I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery."
43
"Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working."
50
"Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank of America, credit from the Import-Export Bank and people had started working again."
68
"Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that."
40
"All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance."
30
"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism."
87
"Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer."
31
"The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap."
Past,
65
"Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages."
41
"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."
54
"All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged."
40
"A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government."
33
"The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands."
46
"For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian."
196
"People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics."
185
"Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead."
32
"All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by."
58
"People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way."
42
"If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon."
50
"As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness."
30
"True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them."
35
"The best policy is to declare victory and leave."
36
"CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad."
28
"We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view."
23
"I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job."
32
"I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final."
46
"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."
47
"Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance."
59
"There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants."
41
"I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel."
51
"As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians."
68
"A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available."
50
"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."
68
"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys."
41
"This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire."
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