I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.
I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when.
If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president.
The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.
We're running out of rich people in this country.
I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.
I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently.
If you're convinced that you face bad options, then by all means take the least bad.
It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.
Childhood has its secrets and its mysteries; but who can tell or who can explain them!
I always tell what I see.
Dead or alive, interesting people are interesting people.
In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.
Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
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