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Source: The Historian

“As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time.”

Knows Want Writing Ends Enough Causes Teach Cases Novel Happened Century Events Lessons Importance Novelists 19th Century

Author:Louis Begley

“As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.”

Knows Catholic Protestants Presbyterians Roman Catholic Irishmen Episcopalians

Author:John Bright

Source: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy

“As you know, I am not a writer but a Party functionary. But like every Communist I consider myself to have been mobilized by Party propaganda and deem it my duty to participate actively in the work of our press.”

Knows Has Beens Party Duty Presses Propaganda Communist

Author:Leonid Brezhnev

“As you know, I describe Shirat ha-Yam as part of an epic story that has qualities of history and which also has qualities of the mythological, of an epic.”

Knows Stories Quality Epic Yams Epic Stories

Author:Elie Wiesel

“As you know, I don't believe in fear, just an invention by men so they get all the money and good jobs.”

Knows Men Believe Jobs Fear Don't Believe Invention Good Job

Author:Marian Keyes

“As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.”

Knows Writing Years Written Criticism Originals Critical Consistently Stressed Charter Framers American Leadership

Author:John Bolton

“As you know, I spent 30 years of my life in the private sector.”

Knows Years Private Sector

Author:Donald Evans

“As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.”

Knows Way Used Born Originals Tennis Strokes Jimmy Grunt Motivational Tennis

Author:Monica Seles

“As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.”

Knows Has Beens Made Today America Opportunity Arms Immigrants Adopted Open Arms

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care.”

People Thinking Knows Should Looks I Can Care Guy Style Size Don't Care Get Back Jackets Androgynous

Author:Steven Tyler

“As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.”

Knows Long Progress Periods Areas

Author:Eric Kandel

“As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that would make sure those younger workers receive benefits equal to or greater than that which is expected, ... I still maintain the same position.”

Knows Stills Views Greater Position Ought Equal Benefits Accounts Workers Point Of View Expected Campaigns Saving Savings Savings Accounts

Author:George H. W. Bush

“As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor.”

Knows Years Past Months Radio Survivor Revenue Dots Advertisers

Author:Casey Kasem

“As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.”

Knows Country Home Percent African American Ownership Home Ownership

Author:Alphonso Jackson

“As you know, in this democracy, in order to have a healthy democracy, we have to get to the common good. But the only way to get to the common good is if we have a common set of facts, which we don't seem to have today, and we have a common level of decency. And my problem with the president and what happened today and why I think it affects the country as a whole is, first, we bring up our kids better than this. We teach them not to do this. We tell them not to do this, and it is not the right standard of behavior.”

Thinking Country Problem Kids Today President Common Teach Democracy Healthy Behavior Decency Common Good

Author:Matthew Dowd

“As you know, John McCain is an older, white-haired man who has been in the Senate for over twenty years, voted for the Iraq War, and said Barack Obama did not have the experience to be president. I'm sorry, that's our intro for next week when Joe Biden is on, I got confused.”

Knows Men Years Has Beens Said War Next President White Week Twenties Sorry Iraq Barack Confused Senate I'm Sorry Iraq War Mccain Next Week Biden

Author:Jay Leno

“As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess.”

Knows Kind Hands Gold Rings Apples Microsoft

Author:Andy Hertzfeld

“As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.”

Knows Men Years Age Difficult Thirty Thirty Years Sweden

Author:Christina, Queen of Sweden

“As you know, several times, McCain talked about serving his country in Vietnam, which is a nice change after 16 years and two presidents who could never quite explain how they got out of serving their country in Vietnam.”

Knows Years Two Country President Nice Serving Vietnam Never Quit Mccain

Author:Jay Leno

“As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming.”

Source: Shibumi: A Novel

“As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.”

Knows Helping Today Next Social Generations Security Benefits Function Workers Finance Social Security Next Generation Premises

Author:Steve Israel

“As you know, Sunday at 11 o'clock is the most segregated hour in America. You have black churches; you have white churches; you have Hispanic churches. It's not really reflective of the world we live in, by and large, in America.”

Knows World America Black Hours Church White Clock Sunday Hispanic Black Church

Author:David Oyelowo

“As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We are sensitive to the other priorities we've got as a nation and in the world, but in time the country will head in that direction.”

Knows World Country Nations Party Committed Priorities Sensitive Labour Republic Australian Labour Party Timelines

Author:Kevin Rudd

“As you know, the best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.”

People Knows Way Problem Belief Causes Heard Solve Core Best Way Mock Core Beliefs

Author:Scott Adams

“As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles.”

Knows Different Style Clothings Clothing Style

Author:Juice Newton

“As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a whole kingdom into hypocrites.”

Knows Whole Christian Turns Powerful Atheism Positive Atheism Invention Kingdoms Pope Monk Hypocrite Admirable Inquisition

Author:Voltaire

“As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be supported by the U.S. Government. We maintain freedom of religion so that an American can either worship in the church of his choice or choose to go to no church at all.”

Knows States Government Choices Church Subjects Worship Constitution Separation Presidential Discussion Church And State Separation Of Church And State Freedom Of Religion Alterations

Author:Richard M. Nixon

“As you know, the South is known for its hospitality, traditions, football, pageants, and food. Football is almost like a religion here. People say their priorities are faith, family, and then football. People eat, breathe, and sleep it in the South. Its a huge deal.”

People Knows Sleep Deals Known Football Huge Tradition South Breathe Priorities Hospitality Pageant

Author:Katherine Webb

“As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.”

Knows Sports Topics

Author:John Hodgman

“As you know, there are al Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they’re moving back into Iraq.”

Knows Moving Given Leader Taken Training Iraq Iran Als Al Qaeda Moving Back

Author:John McCain

“As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.”

Knows Use Certain Language Vocal

Author:Neville Marriner

“As you know, there were lots of huge marches around the country yesterday to protest the immigration laws. The marches had quite an impact on businesses. Restaurants had to close, construction sites had to shut down, the Yankees had to forfeit a game. ... Do you realize that Americans are now doing the jobs that immigrants won't do because they're out protesting?”

Knows Country Jobs Law Games Realizing Huge Impact Yesterday Immigration Restaurants Protest Immigrants March Construction Site Yankees Forfeit Immigration Laws Construction Sites

Author:Jay Leno

“As you know, this little grain of sand has mass. A very small mass, but mass nonetheless." And because this grain of sand has mass, it therefore exerts gravity. Again, too small to feel, but there." Now," Katherine said, "if we take trilions of these sand grains and let them attract one another to form... say, the moon, then their combined gravtiy is enough to move entire ocreans and drag the tides back and forth across our planet.”

Ifs Knows Feels Littles Said Enough Moving Form Planets Moon Mass Sand Gravity Tides Drag Grain Our Planet Back And Forth Grains Of Sand

Author:Dan Brown

“As you know, today was Don't Take Your Illegal Immigrant To Work Day here in Los Angeles. No, all across the nation they had a Day Without Immigrants, is what they call it. Or, as Native Americans call it, the good ol' days.”

Knows Today Nations Native Immigrants Illegal Los Angeles Native American Illegal Immigrants Work Day Good Ol Days

Author:Jay Leno

“As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.”

Knows Book Bigs Process Born Novel Translations Transforming Graphic Format Graphic Novels Gunslinger Big Book

Author:Robin Furth

“As you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's - ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions - you can't - we're out of sanctions.”

Knows Mean Late Contact Iran Sanctions Bushism

Author:George W. Bush

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Book 2, July 1 to September 30, 2004

“As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.”

Knows Stars Chance Fans Thirds Seasons Activism Second Chance

Author:George Takei

“As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment.”

Knows Want Believe Has Beens War Moments Might Wish Produce Conflict Army Rate Iraq Accomplished Armor

Author:Donald Rumsfeld

“As you learn more and more about the irrelevance of human life to the general mechanism of the universe, the idea of an interested god, becomes increasingly implausible.”

Humans Ideas Universe Human Life Mechanism Irrelevance

Author:Steven Weinberg

“As you learn to accept that the body is transitory, as you watch it with love, but without attachment, the body will develop purity.”

Body Accepting Watches Buddhism Purity Attachment Transitory

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As you learn to consciously observe the transformation process, you will watch yourself repeating a lot of old patterns long after you seemingly know better. Spiritually and intellectually, you realize there is another way, but emotionally you are still clinging to the old habits. This is a difficult time. Try to be patient and compassionate with yourself. When you recognize the futility of an old pattern so clearly, it's about to change! A short time later, you will suddenly begin to respond differently, in a more positive way.”

Source: The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition

“As you learn to listen to your soul, you can receive guidance at the soul level. This inner direction can serve you in every aspect of your life, leading you to all that’s for your highest good.”

Soul Inner Guidance Soul Guidance

Author:Catherine Carrigan

Source: Reading the Soul

“As you learn to love the company of the holy, your heart will become pure.”

Heart Company Buddhism Holy Pure Purity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As you learn to TRUST YOURSELF something miraculous happens. You begin to TRUST THE PROCESS you are living and the miracles life brings!”

Happens Process Miracle Miraculous Trust Yourself

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.”

Persons Sometimes Happens Who You Are Surround Better Person Surround Yourself Old Relationship

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain: Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell anyone in a roadside diner that you went to Harvard. In most situations the correct response to where did you go to school is, "School? Why, I never had much in the way of book learnin' and such." Then, get in your BMW and get the hell out of there.”

Way Book School Certain Hate Situation Hell One Thing Response Gates Graduation Hate You Harvard Funny Graduation Diners Bmw Roadside

Author:Conan O'Brien

“As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time.”

Faces Information Coming Back Lectures

Author:George Wald

“As you let go of the complications, emotional toxins, and everything else that isn't serving you, you will be free to experience the happiness that exists in simplicity.”

Emotional Letting Go Simplicity Serving Complication Toxins

Author:Deepak Chopra

“As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.”

Firsts Productions You Like It

Author:Zoe Wanamaker

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