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"It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right."

"I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right."

"I knew I had the right material and I knew what I was going after."

"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."

"I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing."

"I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. They're in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!"

"I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me."
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"A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation."

"We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good."

"I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people.""

"We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny."

"We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that."

"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."

"Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party."

"We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility."
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