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Nuclear weapons are infinitely less important in our foreign policy than they were in the days of the Cold War. I don't think we need nuclear weapons any longer.

Des Browne

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WarColdThinkImportantNeedDays

I'm not trying to be coy here; we're just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months.

Jim Walton

DetailThinkingTryingWillComing

In 1828 we raised the duties, on an average, to nearly fifty per cent, when the debt was on the eve of being discharged, and thereby flooded the country with a revenue, when discharged, which could not be absorbed by the most lavish expenditures.

John C. Calhoun

CountryDebtFiftyAverageRevenue

It's very Western to idealize a kind of love that does not come with any expectations, that still permits both the giver and recipient to be completely free.

Jenny Zhang

LoveFreeExpectationsKindCome

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.

Megan Shull

ParentsPeopleMeLuckyWho

One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice.

Robert Morgan

TimeUnexpectedYouPowerfulChoice

I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.

Steven Tyler

FatherMotherChildrenMindChaos

I'd like to form a club just for fathers. Specifically, fathers of daughters. There would be lots of overstuffed leather chairs, wood paneling, dim lights. The works.

Steve Schirripa

LightsWoodLeatherClubJustWould

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

Tracy Chapman

MusicStand UpBelieveThinkStand

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything and made him want to become a musician.

Robbie Robertson

MusicMeWantBecomeHimEverything

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

Julia Leigh

TrustTogetherPictureFilmmaking

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

Judy Holliday

SmartBlondeAttentionYouDumb

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.

Janice Dickinson

CelebrityEverythingMake-UpHawking

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