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John Ashcroft Quotes

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: public
Nationality: american
Birth: May 9, 1942

Topics

Respect Information Way Cherish Hold

There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.

People Washington More Been Than

I was accepted to UCLA, but at the same time, I had a job offer at Chicago's Chez Paree nightclub. My father, being a practical man, felt I should take the job.

Father Time Job Man Chicago Same

People are entitled to their opinion. I respect them, but it doesn't mean they're right.

Respect People Opinion Mean Right

France is, for me, the country of happiness.

Happiness Me Country France

I was a mother who worked ridiculously hard to keep catastrophe at bay. I didn't allow my kids to eat hamburgers for fear of E. coli. I didn't allow them to play with rope, string, balloons - anything that might strangle them. They had to bite grapes in half, avoid lollipops, eat only when I could watch them.

Fear Mother Play Hard Rope Eat

When I got to college, I didn't take writing classes, just the standard freshman composition class.

College Writing Class Take Got Just

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

Technology Fire Internet Information

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

Laughter Tears Drama Know Try Own

I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn't just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort.

Grace Energy You Kind Right Out

When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.

Son Football School Me High School

There are situations when, in your singing, in your interpretation of songs, for instance, when you want a straight tone. And I have to work really hard at getting a straight tone... That's sort of like if you have curly hair, you have curly hair.

Work Hair Singing You Want Curly

I've always had a plan. Even since, maybe, 12 years old. Really.

Plan Old Always Years Even Maybe

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