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A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the… — Michael Parenti
Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: "I really didn't say everything I said." — Yogi Berra
I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests. — Howard Berman
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies… — Sheryl Crow
I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do… — Debbie Harry
I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take… — Little Richard
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today...Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea. Why don't you… — Otis Blackwell
I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room… — Loretta Lynn
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say and I said… — Lou Reed
. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the… — Alexander Hamilton
Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. — John Bunyan
It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to the one purpose… — Alexander Hamilton
We led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible. — Daniel Ek
In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value… — James Madison
There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he… — Louis Aragon
Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe this is a serious… — Tony Blair
Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward...once I said, 'Yes, that's me, that's what I am,' I was able to work… — Barbara Gittings
He pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me around my waist, and said henceforth we were married. — Herman Melville
It has been said that the immortality of the soul is a grand peut-tre -but still it is a grand one. Everybody clings to it… — Lord Byron
Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity. — Samuel Johnson
When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm not gay, but I'm festive." — Sharon Gless
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.… — John F. Kennedy
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. — Haruki Murakami
And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.) — Oscar Wilde

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