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Be Strong,be Kind,be Generous Of Spirit, Be Understanding And Let People Know How Grateful You Are.dont Get Even.comfort The Ones I've Hurt And Let Down.say Your Prayers And Ask For Gods Understanding And Strength.finish With A Smile And Some Gustoand Do What's' Right And Finish Strong.

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Be Strong,be Kind,be Generous Of Spirit, Be Understanding And Let People Know How Grateful You Are.dont Get Even.comfort The Ones I've Hurt And Let Down.say Your Prayers And Ask For Gods Understanding And Strength.finish With A Smile And Some Gustoand Do What's' Right And Finish Strong.

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Don't Confuse Being 'soft' With Seeing The Other Guy's Point Of View.

It's A Very Good Question, Very Direct, And I'm Not Going To Answer It.

I'm Not Trying To Get Myself Up A Notch On The Ladder By Shoving Somebody Else Down On The Ladder, Whether It's A Candidate Or The President Of The United States Or Anybody Else. I Just Don't Believe That's The Way One Oughta Campaign, I've Never Done That.

There Is A God And He Is Good, And His Love, While Free, Has A Self Imposed Cost: We Must Be Good To One Another.

The World Also Remains A Hopeful Place. Calls For Democracy And Human Rights Are Being Reborn Everywhere, And These Calls Are An Expression Of Support For The Values Enshrined In The United Nations Charter. They Encourage Our Hopes For A More Stable, More Peaceful, More Prosperous World.

Know What You're Talking About.

There Is No Greater Advocate Of Perestroika Than The President Of The United States.

What's Wrong With Being A Boring Kind Of Guy?

The Rigidity Of Those Pledges Is Something I Don’t Like. The Circumstances Change And You Can’t Be Wedded To Some Formula By Grover Norquist. It’s—who The Hell Is Grover Norquist, Anyway?

I Have Been Very Happy In The House Of Representatives.

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Appeasement Does Not Work. As Was The Case In The 1930s, We See In Saddam Hussein An Aggressive Dictator Threatening His Neighbors.

I Am Not One Who - Who Flamboyantly Believes In Throwing A Lot Of Words Around.

But Let Me Tell You, This Gender Thing Is History. You're Looking At A Guy Who Sat Down With Margaret Thatcher Across The Table And Talked About Serious Issues.

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