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“I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think they'll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about.”
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“Technology policy - whether we should have one and what form such a policy should take - was a core issue of the 1992 presidential campaign, and in February 1993 the Clinton administration confirmed that fostering new technologies will be a critical part of its agenda for redirecting the American economy.”
Source : "Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Strategy". Book by Lewis M. Branscomb, 1993.
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“There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.”
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“Liberty, in its last analysis, is but the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.”
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“They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do my thing. That's one reason I stayed there for twenty-eight years.”
Source : "My Conversation With Horace Silver". All About Jazz interview, www.allaboutjazz.com. December 18, 2003.
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“I'm absolutely terrified of heights, so maybe it's something I'd like to do in the future... although even saying it scares me! But I would absolutely love to overcome my fear of heights.”
Source : Source: www.digitalspy.com
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“Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.”
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“A jump from the sixth floor is definitely more harmful than taking heroin, yet we don't forbid building sixth floors.”
Source : Drug legalization debate, November 13, 2007.