"I was only kicking down the Christmas tree to get the star on top."
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"The main thing is not to be afraid of that, to get to a place where you'll go gracefully, not screaming and kicking up a fuss."
"A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved."
"I have hour spurts when I feel fine and I can walk normal and stuff, other hours, I'm wobbling. I feel like there's somebody behind me kicking my legs out from underneath me. The whole tumor symptom thing is crazy. It's unpredictable. It really messes with your life."
"The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia - that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone."
"I like being involved in businesses where you are kicking ass."