America is a place where you can succeed no matter who you are. I am proof of that. But you must work very hard and be willing to endure pain.
BILL O'REILLYFor all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy.
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Now Moore, Jennifer Moore, 18, on her way to college. She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff. Now, again, there you go.
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Saturday night at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it’s important to teach kids about American culture, and films are certainly a big part of it.
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The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.
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So every predator in the world is gonna pick that up at two in the morning. She’s walking by herself on the West Side Highway, and she gets picked up by a thug. All right. Now she’s out of her mind, drunk.
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I think I understand the Constitution a little bit because in 1971 we went off the gold standard under President Nixon into the Federal Reserve notes because we were a worldwide currency.
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The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.
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I’m a sensationalist. I’m a big mouth. I get attention. In this world you have to – if you want a mass-market presentation, you have to get attention.
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Millions of American families are dealing with teenage pregnancy… It is true that some Americans will judge Governor Palin and her family. There’s nothing anyone can do about it.
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Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.
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President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a good thing.
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All I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the questions, and if they can’t, explain why.
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I think the secret to success is a short-term outlook. So for example, I’m writing the next Killing book now and I have to just make every chapter compelling, so I can’t get too far ahead of it. I just stay in the present and then go over what I have to do.
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You want to have two guys making out in front of your 4-year-old? It’s OK with them.
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There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool’s errand. Avoiding them is mandatory.
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Once the war against Saddam begins, we expect every American to support our military, and if they can’t do that, to shut up.
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