Butch Otter Quotes

For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.

Butch Otter

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ResponsibilityGovernmentTalkingNow

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

John Kenneth Galbraith

PowerPower CorruptsExpectation

I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there.

Matt Lauer

KnowRumorsOutIndustryCottage

I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother's black. I'm black because I grew up in a family of all black people. I knew I was black because I grew up in an all-white neighborhood. And my parents, as part of their protective mechanisms that they were going to give to us, made it very clear what we were.

Soledad O'Brien

FamilyMotherParentsPeopleBlack

I think that the path that I took was normal in the American society where young women and men are not trained as to how to make the transition from being a girl to being a woman, from being a boy to being a man. And so I think that most young people in America live by trial and error, and not by parental instruction, community guidance.

Sister Souljah

WomenLiveGirlCommunityPathMen

Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.

Steve Martin

WorkMindMeThinkYouWay

If I hadn't left Czechoslovakia, I would have been dead.

Tom Stoppard

DeadLeftBeenWouldCzechoslovakia

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

Molly Ivins

PoliticsIgnoreYouMatterLikeHow

So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence.

Mohamed ElBaradei

MeaningTryingSecurityNeedDepend

I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better.

David Strathairn

LiveBetterTryingFindOutUp

A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the two novels, and they just weren't very good.

Claire Cameron

GoodPeopleTroubleThreeTwoJust

Everyone's job is important, but no one is indispensable.

Chuck Noll

JobImportantEveryoneIndispensable

Any movie I've done, my character has had a secret. Whether it's in the movie or not, it is usually never and it's usually not something I tell anybody. It is for me.

Brie Larson

CharacterMeDoneNeverSecretTell

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