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But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities.

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.

Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today.

I've never been shocked by anything on television, except the news.

Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

Sometimes I don't even pull my shoes off for six weeks at a time, except, you know, just to take a shower. I just take breaks between 24 hours a day, just a break now and then, it don't take me long to rest; maybe 20 to30 minutes sometime, or maybe an hour.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.