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"My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits."
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"The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years."
"There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either."
"You must not make hasty decisions because they make you do what you would not have done normally."
"Don't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice."
"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions."
"Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision."
"For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation."
"The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers."
"Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered."
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"After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with."
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