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I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.


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If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
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Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.
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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
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Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.


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My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.


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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.


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I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions.
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You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.


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Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.


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I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out.
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A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
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Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.


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