"If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness."

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Source : "Congressional Record, V. 150, PT. 13, July 22, 2004 to September 14, 2004". Book published by Government Printing Office, p. 18022, 2009.

Theodore C. Sorensen

#Country Quotes #Eye Quotes #Greatness Quotes

“With fame, all of a sudden you're seeing yourself through the eyes of a world of men, and that's . . . Look, it's very weird to have part and parcel of a job to feel like you're a lure for men to come into the theater. Some people do have a very innate sexuality to them. I may or may not have it, but it makes people see you in a certain light that has nothing to do with me.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Rose McGowan: The Agitator". Interview with Laura Dawn, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Here is a humanist proposition for the age of Google: The processing of information is not the highest aim to which the human spirit can aspire, and neither is competitiveness in a global economy. The character of our society cannot be determined by engineers.”
“Love is the distance between reality and pain.”
“The nondual universe of One Taste arises as a spontaneous gesture of your own true nature.”
“Legalisation doesn't make sense.”
“Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I've just completed Mike's [Mann] Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (i.e. from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's [Briffa] to hide the decline.”
“People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look!”

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