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All Quotes Collection

"Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents."
37

"The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous."
44

"The sense of national catastrophe is inevitably heightened in a television age, when the whole country participates in it."
35

"Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral."
41

"Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood."
37


"I was from the bush, watching Greg Norman on TV, but it was a world away."
34


"Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to."
43


"I can certainly see how people are overcome by depression."
41


"I had to do something special coming in. I didn't do it, so I had to do it in the playoff. Winning the Mercedes is awesome. Winning three times is a dream come true."
36


"I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself."
49


"The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that."
Want,
34


"We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'"
205


"If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself."
32

"Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television."
38

"It's still the same job, the same anxieties, but it did feel a lot different, that kind of budget, that schedule, and frankly, the slowness of it all, and also having a lot of other units working."
Job,
44

"It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today."
37

"For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful."
33

"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope."
173

"All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride."
72

"National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services."
168

"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice."
62

"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch."
69

"You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it."
159

"You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom."
161

"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."
173

"I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles."
153

"I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen."
160

"I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way."
182

"I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband."
172

"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
224

"I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad."
Life,
67

"It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship."
158

"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero."
175

"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep."
65

"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history."
178

"Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest."
224

"Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations."
263
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