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VICKI LAWRENCE I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washingto...
LAWRENCE BENDER Hillary Clinton would raise taxes on so-called rich people, corporations, capital gains, financial t...
LAWRENCE KUDLOW A teenager's early experimentation might be minor, but it can still have a damaging effect on their ...
ANDREW LAWRENCE By affecting basic brain functions, amphetamine may expose experimenting teenagers to an increased r...
ANDREW LAWRENCE As well as activating the brain's reward system, which is involved in addiction, amphetamine also af...
ANDREW LAWRENCE Although many teenagers experiment with drugs, most don't become regular users but may try the drug ...
ANDREW LAWRENCE The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on t...
LAWRENCE HARGRAVE If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn.
LAWRENCE KORB I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
VICKI LAWRENCE If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the p...
JEROME LAWRENCE Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?
MARK LAWRENCE When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, be...
MARK LAWRENCE I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come ...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I w...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching t...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
D.H. LAWRENCE A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychi...
JEROME LAWRENCE I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
LAWRENCE WELK The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act.
LAWRENCE HALPRIN When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.
LAWRENCE HILL For it goes without saying that this great recognition at this time will aid tremendously our effort...
ERNEST LAWRENCE Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good ...
LAWRENCE SCHILLER Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic ...
ERNEST LAWRENCE The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.
LAWRENCE SUMMERS I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a pa...
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE