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There was discussion of it at one time when Barbara left the first time and I thought it would be a good idea but I think mother didn't want to do that just because, for one thing her memory was failing her somewhat. It was a taxing role to be the...

Quote by Larry Hagman about mother, memory, time, idea, thinking, things, good, good luck

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.

Quote by Alex Van Halen

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about politics, present, public, life

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. It's a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

Quote by Mick Jagger about opinion, war

Pretty much everyone's family was either chased out or ran away from some sort of horrible situation in the old country and made something of themselves in America.

Quote by Billy Joel about family, country, old, olderness

If you can think clearly, know exactly what's happening, and have total control of a situation in combat, then you're not in combat.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, contentment

In a critical situation, the most highly qualified clinician will offer the most advice and the least support.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, advice

The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, it seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses.

Quote by George Oppen about pointless, old, olderness, people

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

Quote by George Oppen about art, magic

We grew up in a situation where we didn't know what freedom or justice were, and therefore we didn't know what democracy was.

Quote by Daniel Ortega about justice, democracy

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

Quote by Brad Paisley about love, creativity, contentment

This is part of a pattern of the military not being truthful to the American people when dealing with high-profile situations with a lot of publicity.

Quote by Ed Pastor about advertising, army, americans, being, people

In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike.

Quote by Walter Pater about absent, habits, people, failure, common sense, sense, things, world

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about intelligence

It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the same in every country.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about truth, country, contentment

Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful.

Quote by John Perkins about economy, companies, americans, country, man

We knew Saudi Arabia was the key to dropping our dependency, or to controlling the situation. And we worked out this deal whereby the Royal House of Saud agreed to send most of their petro-dollars back to the United States and invest them in U.S....

Quote by John Perkins about home, house

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.

Quote by Jürgen Habermas about crime, moral

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Quote by Robert Graves about genius

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

Quote by Joseph Conrad about art, personality, action, artists, man