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I'm not convinced that Nixon would have survived in office if he'd burned the tapes, but I do believe he would have served out his presidency if he'd never made them in the first place.

Thomas Mallon

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'Hedwig' isn't particularly based on me, but I think that it is autobiographical in terms of emotion.

John Cameron Mitchell

MeThinkEmotionI ThinkBased

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

John Boehner

OpportunityPowerGreatValueChance

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

John Foxe

FaceNeverHimEvidenceSeeAgainst

In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life.

Robert Reich

LifeSupportKingCityLostWorkers

I love 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner' and '2001.'

John Hillcoat

LoveAlienBladeRunnerI Love

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

John Wooden

LearningGreatGamePlayWithout

I usually train twice a day, and Thursdays and Sundays are supposed to be my days off. But even on those days, I'm training at least once. I have to do at least one session each day to be happy.

Mirko Cro Cop

DayTrainingHappyBe HappyTrain

I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.

Joyce Carol Oates

ExperienceTravelPeopleWorldThink

One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end.

Jon Landau

GoodBusinessBeginningThinkEnd

I am the first to admit that I have never been a household name.

Dominic Holland

I AmNameAdmitNeverFirstBeen

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

Dick Cheney

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I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am.

DeRay Mckesson

LoveManI AmCityMeMade

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