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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."

"Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11."

"Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up."

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."

"I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused."

"A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it."

"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
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"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

"The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press."

"Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible."

"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."

"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

"As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible."
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