"Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship."
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"She would say, "Someone should invent something to do with things you cannot use anymore but that you still cannot throw out."
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"The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure."
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"One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman."
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"Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have."
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"Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin."
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"I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives."
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"Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use."
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"It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley."
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"What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't like it? Nothing."
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"I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you."
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"It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes."
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"The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium."
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"If everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others, can we say then say that it's how we use our time that determines the money we make?"
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"In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in a word. When I write, I read everything out loud to get the right rhythm."
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"Maybe I should sit. Plenty of people use sitting as a way to pass the time."
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"I'm a horseback rider. I know how to use a whip."
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"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."
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"Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit."
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"Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection."
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