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The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
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And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.
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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.


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In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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When your friend causes you trouble, a president gets rid of those friends.


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Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
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In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.
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Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.
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Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
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We weren't your mainstream '50s family. Both my parents had wonderful, eccentric, artistic friends who treated us as friends as well. How your mind worked was considered important.
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We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.


E. V. Lucas
Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life.
Robert Kennedy
Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing, and solving our real problems.
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I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.
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Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
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I think, regardless of gender, women and men need to be brave, take chances with their work, and be open to feedback. But I do think 'politeness' is an issue that can hinder your work if you aren't careful. Kindness is important, but being overly polite - thinking you can't disagree with someone about your own work - be careful about that.
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