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Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.

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Charlton Heston
Age: 84 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 4
Died: 2008
Died: April 5
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Life is full of surprises, isn't it?
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I am very proud of the fact that I led the arts contingent on the civil rights march in the summer of '63. In many ways, I think it was the high-water mark of the civil rights movement.
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To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.
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As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's much, much bigger than that. I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated.
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I've been a public person for most of my life. It has advantages and disadvantages. I can't take my kids to Disneyland. On the other hand, I can get a table at a restaurant or tickets to a play.
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I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts to deteriorate.
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As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.
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Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.
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[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three years. In that time, they have prosecuted seven people and put three of them in prison. You know, the President has entertained more felons than that at fundraising coffees in the White House, for Pete's sake.
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Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.
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It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin - every one of these monsters, on seizing power, their first act was to confiscate all firearms in private hands.
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Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.
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I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.
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I'm not a vegetarian but I want you to know that my four dogs are safe.
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You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.
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I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.
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A policemans job is only easy in a police state.
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I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century
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A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen shall not be infringed upon by anti-gun public officials.
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