Ray Stevens Quotes

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Ray Stevens

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Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.

Jim DeMint

LifeFutureTodayHopeFreedom

The theater is the place where people create ideas and send messages out, and you learn, and I think it's a fair venue for disagreement and enlightenment.

Joel Grey

PeopleIdeasThinkLearnYouCreate

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.

John Moody

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We had an awfully good ball club that was capable of beating anybody. They were that good.

John Oldham

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Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.

Roy Moore

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I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

Mike Thompson

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I love Harry Potter. I've read all the books several times.

Lorelei Linklater

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We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

Loretta Lynch

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When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed.

Judy Smith

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Because I produce a comedy festival and because I write and all of that stuff, I've seen the relationship that actors can create, in a bad way sometimes, with the rest of the people they work with. I just want to be a good representation of, 'Actors are great! They're not what some people might think they are.'

Janet Varney

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You know, I'm one of millions of undocumented people in this country who are living kind of under the shadows. And in many ways, coming out, it was my way of - at the end of the day, I think we have to tell the truth about this immigration system. And because of that, I had to tell the truth about myself.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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