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The American people care about the fact that we have $17 trillion in debt and 10 percent of every tax dollar that's coming in is going to pay for past overspending. Carol Roth
past mexican black
[The Mexican revolution] was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo. Carlos Fuentes
past novelty variation
There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.
past matter happened
Whatever happened in the past doesn't really matter anymore to us right now. Carl Crawford
past years meditation
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years. Carl Friedrich Gauss
past frozen flow
The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays. C. S. Lewis
past disease littles
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them. Agnes Repplier
past foolish subtle
The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
past racism voter-fraud
Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past. Aasif Mandvi
hands knowing want
We are too kind, too willing--too unwilling too--reaching out blindly with a grasping hand but not knowing how to ask for what we don't even know we want. Carol Shields
hands forever slavery
Your thoughts and your actions are fixed forever in their terms. That is slavery. I, on the other hand, brought you freedom. Freedom is expensive, but the price is not impossible. So, fear your captors, your masters. Don't waste your time and your power fearing me. Carlos Castaneda
hands understanding guardian
A guardian is broad-minded and understanding. A guard, on the other hand, is a vigilante, narrow-minded and most of the time despotic.
hands want
I don't want to hold you hand!
hands i-can
I can clap with one hand. Aaron Tveit
hands law government
It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attributable to illegal immigrants, when on the other hand the State and local governments prohibit their own law enforcement and other officials from cooperating with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate or apprehend or expel illegal aliens. Alan K. Simpson
hands leader success-or-failure
Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands. Alan Keyes
hands answers rochester
I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester Charlotte Bronte
hands heaven gold
... and she held out a pretty gold ring. 'Put it,' she said, 'on the fourth finger of my left hand, and I am yours and you are mine; and we shall leave Earth and make our own Heaven yonder.'
awards style trying
For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles. Charles Stross
awards festivals good guess liked people sort
The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' Guy Pearce
awards canadian-musician sales spark
Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think. Chantal Kreviazuk
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It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it. Jason Aldean
awards would-be knighthood
I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life. Alan Bennett
awards serious winner
I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious. Charlize Theron
awards shapes shows
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape. Jane Kaczmarek
awards acting campaigns
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. Bill Murray
awards mediocrity badges
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity. Charles Ives