#statement

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#come #consider #created #criticism #excitement

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement. ↗

— Cokie Roberts

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I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it. ↗

— Mark Roberts

#free #i #laugh #law #letter

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example. ↗

— Lauren Bush

#example #i #job #make #more

The most profound statements are often said in silence. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#often #profound #said #silence #statements

I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#civic #expression #first #forum #government

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#biography #book #circumstances #events #every

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

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