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Being Quotes (page 928)

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president? Dick Cheney
We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran. Dick Cheney
We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States. Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney quote: "We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be..."
We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary. Dick Cheney
There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy. Dick Cheney
Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait. Dick Cheney
Bishop Robert South quote: "If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does,..."
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Bishop Robert South
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve. Dick Cheney
Julie Chen quote: "My very first news director said to me that it's better to be..."
My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral. Julie Chen
From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else. John Philip Sousa
Anton Chekhov quote: "One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures..."
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. Anton Chekhov
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit. Anton Chekhov
My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage. Sonia Sotomayor
John Cheever quote: "Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it..."
Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. John Cheever
But I'm trying not to be cynical - I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. It's really amazing what's happening to me. Shannyn Sossamon

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