The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they are looking for a bigger shovel.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIf you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.
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Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.
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I’ve gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It’s made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don’t.
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My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
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Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.
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I believe that this country’s policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.
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In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .
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Sarah, there’s a government inside the government, and I don’t control it.
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When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don’t just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.
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One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.
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We should stay on the right track to the 21st century. Opportunity alone is not enough. I want to build an America in the 21st century in which all Americans take personal responsibility for themselves, their families, their communities and their country.
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One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
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I did a lot of work on energy efficiency at the White House. By the time I left we had taken the equivalent of six hundred cars a year off the road in reduced greenhouse gas emissions just in the White House complex.
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Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.
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I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
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We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.
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