Richard Shelby Quotes

I do believe that we should keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, would-be terrorists, and a lot of other people.

Richard Shelby

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If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

Anand Mahindra

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I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

Stephen Greenblatt

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In TV, when you're doing guest roles, you're gliding into a zone where people are already very comfortable. They go in and go to work every day. You're coming in, and it's a brand-new environment, so you have to get it... and then you're gone again.

Stephen Root

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Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Concentrate, don't embroider.

Spencer Tracy

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Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.

Tony Campolo

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All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel's boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They're 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son's twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way.

Mary Berry

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Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

Mike Simpson

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In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.

Michael Mandelbaum

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My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.

Joshua Roman

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Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain.

Christopher Hitchens

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If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

Chuck Fleischmann

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