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I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'

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PowerTimeCityPromisesYouNobody

People in this country need to understand when you go to any airport in the United States, you are not protected by the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. They can do anything they want to you, and there is no where you can go to seek redress.

Jesse Ventura

PeopleConstitutionYouCountryWant

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

Stephane Mallarme

SeeingEqualUpActNumberIdea

I remember lying out in my bed and looking at the vast, quiet sky. Right up above my head, there were three stars in a row, and I remember thinking, 'Well, I'll have those three stars all my life, and wherever I am, they will be. They are my stars, and they belong to me.'

Spike Milligan

LifeStarsSkyI AmMeLooking

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

Trevor Dunn

BalanceControlAchieveTryLike

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

Roger Bannister

WorkHard WorkAchievementSchoolMe

Machismo requires Latin blood. I'd say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall Street gunner has the soul of a coffee filter in comparison.

Rosecrans Baldwin

CoffeeSoulWallBloodSayStreet

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another.

Roy Blunt

HealthTimePeopleProblemsViolence

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.

Judy Holliday

TimeBestMoneyMeBornYesterday

I would like to praise all of my coaches, from Pep to the first I had as a kid, because all of them have helped make me who I am.

David Villa

I AmMeFirstPraiseKidBecause

When you mess up, what are you going to do? Just keep going. And speak loudly.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Keep GoingSpeakYouMessUpGoing

I don't see a utopia anywhere for me.

Bozoma Saint John

MeUtopiaSeeAnywhere

To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.

Annie Ilonzeh

SomeoneAliveKnowNeedJustStill

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