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The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer.

I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.

I think it's so cool to be tall. Even when I'm not wearing heels people tell me I'm tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.

I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.

Really, I'm incredibly disjointed and not candid. Just in general, my thoughts tend to come out in little spurts that don't necessarily connect. If you hang around long enough, you can find the linear path. But it will take a second. That is why these interviews never go well for me.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing is creating a siege mentality.

My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

When I'm interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself - to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly.

I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.