White House Quotes - Page 21

• There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.

  Rupert Everett

  White, House, Black

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• Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted as suited any Supreme Court Justice or White House incumbent. That amendment had built a wall, with the ecclesiastical estate on one side and the civil estate on the other.

  Edwin Gaustad

  Wall, White, Justice

  Edwin Scott Gaustad (1993). “Neither King Nor Prelate: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826”, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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• WORK ON YOUR STORY! He/she who has the best story wins! In life! In business! The White House!

  Tom Peters

  Business, Winning, White

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• If Hillary Clinton wants to win the White House, she's gonna have to convince Americans they can trust her and if you seen the polls, they don't. There's one American who has faith in her, her husband Bill.

  Eric Bolling

  Husband, Winning, White

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly be the end of an era.

  Rory Bremner

  White, House, Eras

  "Bush: the end of a satirist's dream" by Rory Bremner, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2009.

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• George W. said he doesn't watch television. And, of course, well - the reason for that is the Clintons stole the White House satellite system.

  David Letterman

  White, House, Television

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• The White House is apparently pushing to create more Latino-themed landmarks. Now that's in addition to our current Latino-themed landmark, California.

  Jimmy Fallon

  California, White, House

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• Today Obama was seen leaving the White House in a nurse's uniform on a flight to Cuba to smother Castro with a pillow.

  Bill Maher

  White, Nurse, House

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• Certainly on a political and a legislative level, Bill Clinton was effective, but the example that he ultimately left, I think for posterity, tragically, is going to begin with that single paragraph lead with the White House intern.

  Joe Eszterhas

  Thinking, White, House

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, "College Tour", www.nbcnews.com. October 9, 2002.

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• I would say you have to fight in the life of the mind as well as fight in the streets, as well as fight in the courts, as well as fight in congress and the White House. Every site is a sight of contestation.

  Cornel West

  Fighting, Sight, White

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• As a human being with notoriety and a big mouth, I've felt most threatened during the first Bush Administration. Whenever there's a Bush in the White House, many people die, and the rest of us are threatened. I just didn't think it would happen quite so quickly. The so-called USA Patriot Act, and the announcement of trying people in military tribunals if Bush or Rumsfeld's or Ashcroft's people think they somehow qualify as terrorists, basically, this is McCarthyism run amok.

  Jello Biafra

  Running, Military, Thinking

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

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• My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been access to the poorest and most destitute, forgotten, and suffering people on Earth. It's not possible for a President to actually know them.

  Jimmy Carter

  White, People, House

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 22, 2008.

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• How many presidents, do you think, ever said to another guy: 'I can't believe we're doing this in the White House'?

  Greg Behrendt

  Believe, Thinking, White

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• Once the day's work starts there is little chance to walk, to ride or to take part in a game. Taking walks or rides early in the morning is a lonesome business, and the inevitable Secret Service guard when the president leaves the White House grounds is not enlivening company.

  Herbert Hoover

  Morning, White, Games

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The cabinet and the presidency, 1920-1933”

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• My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to be ratified. ... Why all the controversy and why such difficulty in giving women the protection of the Constitution that should have been theirs long ago?

  Rosalynn Carter

  Disappointment, Years, White

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• Under this [Bush] Administration, America's middle class has been abandoned -- its dreams denied, its Main Street interests ignored and its mainstream values scorned by a White House that puts privilege first.

  John F. Kerry

  Dream, America, Class

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• We have to design policies that have meaningful impacts on the quality of life of women and families. And that's something that I know I can speak passionately about because whether I'm in the White House as First Lady, as long as I have kids and I'm trying to have a life, I'm gonna be trying to make this balance work...

  Michelle Obama

  Meaningful, Kids, Impact

  "Michelle Obama: The Full Interview". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. February 15, 2008.

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• If the present White House leadership runs the gauntlet of common sense and the people's will for peace and challenges us by starting MX missile deployment, then the Soviet Union will respond by deploying a new intercontinental ballistic missile of the same class, with its characteristics in no way inferior to those of the MX.

  Dmitriy Ustinov

  Running, Class, White

  "The Arms Control Reporter: A Chronicle of Treaties, Negotiations, Proposals" by Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (U.S.), (p. 57), 1982.

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• If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change coming. What happened to America? We lost our roots.

  Phil Robertson

  White, America, Roots

  "What we learned from 'Duck Dynasty' on 'Fox & Friends' this week". www.foxnews.com. September 20, 2013.

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• Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.

  Martin Sheen

  White, House, President

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• George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to restore honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest president since Richard M. Nixon.

  Al Gore

  Country, Integrity, Humility

  Address at New York University, May 25, 2004.

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• What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?

  Chris Matthews

  Running, Talking, White

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthew, www.nbcnews.com. December 11, 2009.

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• President Obama invited John McCain to the White House to give his opinion on Egypt, specifically what it's like to be a mummy.

  Bill Maher

  Egypt, White, Giving

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• Barack Obama's daughters are very smart. They told him they will take the same responsibility for the dog that he is taking for the economy. That way, if the dog leaves a mess in the White House, it'll be cleaned up by future generations.

  Jay Leno

  Daughter, Dog, Smart

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• Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. Joe Biden was right. Hostile forces will test him in the first few months.

  Jay Leno

  Mother, Moving, Law

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