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I went to private school and then chose to go to public school because I didn't like the private school experience; I didn't like that vibe.
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson.
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
Football really felt like a private thing when I was in my teens because it wasn't on television, for a start, apart from 'Match of the Day.'
If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.
After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.
I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.
They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.
I was really interested in acting and thought secretly I could do it but didn't tell anyone. It was a quite private thing that I wanted to do.
I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.
In my private life, I don't really do too much because the matches are so tough in the Premier League that it takes time to recover in between.
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.
The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.
Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before.
I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become well ordered.
In a case involving his private conduct, a President should be treated like any private citizen. The rule of law requires no more - and no less.
Private life is private life. Off the pitch, there is private life, and the rest is social life, where of course you have to behave responsibly.
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.
Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation.
Employment is a contract between an employer and an employee. Thus, laws prohibiting discriminatory pay are an infringement on private contracts.
Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.
I personally prefer girls from the Midwest. They're more appreciative. They haven't been on 50 private jets and been to Dubai 'every three weeks.
I am a Christian. I haven't really talked about that before. It is something very private. But I do pray and my beliefs are very important to me.
There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.
No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented.
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'.
Everybody wants to be a celebrity, which is why we have this phenomenon of social media, where nobody wants to be private. We all want to be seen.
My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the community.
I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.
I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.
On Pinwheel, you can find and leave notes all around the world. The notes can be public or private, shared with an individual, a group, or everyone.
'Man cave' seems retrograde, but 'she shed' seems progressive. Or maybe it's just a place for me to eat embarrassing amounts of chocolate in private.
The instinct to improve oneself materially is necessary for growth. It is at the fountain of the enterprising spirit which drives private enterprise.
Mayo College, where I got my grounding, is a private boarding school. It is a traditional school with brilliant teachers including some from overseas.
Over time, Europeans have come to rely on governments to protect them from the rougher facets of private enterprise and to look after them in old age.
Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation.
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.
Because I'm always with other people, I don't have private times and can't easily do what I really want to do. However, this is not necessarily so bad.
I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.
If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
Truth is, I prefer to think that I have joined the 'Globe,' not purchased it, because great institutions, public and private, have stewards, not owners.
I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me.