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Presidents have to decide what their popularity is for. Lyndon Johnson probably understood best that political popularity is a wasting asset. You had to use it when you had it.

H. W. Brands

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When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, 'Hey you, Step Brother!'

John C. Reilly

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The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.

Jennette McCurdy

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Children are primed to take in something of more moral value than they're getting. I know I'm blowing my own horn here, but 'E.T.' had value to it in terms of the feeling about yourself that you walked away with.

Melissa Mathison

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Instead of giving people fish, teach them how to use hooks.

Stef Wertheimer

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In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.

Tony Evans

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Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

Tom Landry

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Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture.

Robert Evans

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I'm a plant eater.

Roberto Burle Marx

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The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.

Marty Meehan

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To be honest, I'm shocked the University of Washington's sports teams are called the Huskies. Why haven't the Leftists that run this entire state demanded they be renamed the 'Athletes of Size' so as to not fat shame anyone?

Milo Yiannopoulos

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What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life?

Jules Verne

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There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life... I think I must have been crying for some attention.

Judy Garland

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