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Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. -- Drew Carey
Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt. -- Bruce Babbitt
Teddy Roosevelt of course was a great outdoorsman all his life. -- Gaylord Nelson
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. -- Woody Allen
The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging. -- Margaret Heffernan
I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite. -- John Terry
It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did. -- Peter Jennings
I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War. -- Kurt Vonnegut
I have a tattoo on my foot that says 'it's a whale' in Japanese, because Japanese people kill whales. My stuffed whale was like most children's teddy bear. I took it with me everywhere. I slept with it. I couldn't live without my whale. -- Skylar Grey
Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm. -- Barbara Ehrenreich
Honestly, I'm really just a teddy bear. -- Anthony Kiedis
Teddy Kennedy rose to become a liberal lion by collaborating with Republicans. -- Juan Williams
Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian. -- Jacob K. Javits
Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear. -- Shannon Miller
You know, most girls sleep with a teddy bear or an extra pillow. But I gotta say, that's kinda hot... -- Rachel Vincent
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. -- Drew Carey
But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart I am a big teddy bear. -- A. J. McLean
Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter. -- Gerald R. Ford
We have 3,141 counties in this country. That would be 20 per county. The idea that we can't assimilate these 8-year-old criminals with their teddy bears is preposterous, -- George Will
I'm a collector - I collect everything. I can't throw things away. For some reason I think I'm going to need tiny wooden teddy bears with their arms hacked off. -- Anjelica Huston
We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records. -- Vivienne Westwood
I run with music all the time. I cannot run without my iPod. I have everything. Teddy Pendergrass. Luther Van Dross. Michael Jackson. Outkast. If an Usher song comes on and it's fast, I go fast. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear. -- Julia Child
I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them. -- Glenn Hoddle
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. -- Alan Huffman
Most people say, "Show, don't tell," but I stand by Show and Tell, because when writers put their work out into the world, they're like kids bringing their broken unicorns and chewed-up teddy bears into class in the sad hope that someone else will love them as much as they do. -- Colson Whitehead
Age simply doesn't enter into it! The older the friend, the more he is valued, particularly when he shows so visibly the characteristics that we all look for in friends. You have only to look at a genuine teddy's face to see at once the loyalty, common sense, and above all, dependability behind it. -- Peter Bull
You CAN NOT judge previous generations by today's standards. Today Mark Twain is called by many, a racist. By the standards of his time, he was a social liberal. Even Teddy Roosevelt was a social liberal at the time, but he accepted as fact that idea that Caucasians were inherently superior to all other races. That makes him a racist in the CORRECT definition of the term. -- Neal Boortz
The ageless Teddy Sheringham, 37 now... -- Tony Gubba
Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
Teddy has lost that yard of pace he never had. -- Tony Cascarino
Everyone's the anti-Teddy Roosevelt. Speak loudly and carry a brittle twig. -- Alec Sulkin
[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt. -- Paul Kengor
My nickname when I was young was Teddy, so people would call me Teddy Bear. -- Mila Kunis
Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick. -- Michael R. Burch
Oh, Teddy, darling, thank you, thank you, for restoring my cynicism. I was too young to lose it. -- Elaine Dundy
It's almost like he has Dr. Who's Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham) -- Alan Pardew
But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that? -- Gayle Forman
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Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G. -- Lionel
Teddy said it was a hat, So I put it on. Now dad is saying, "where the heck's the toilet plunger gone? -- Shel Silverstein
If he (Teddy Roosevelt) lacked Will Taft's immediate charisma, gradually his classmates could not resist the spell of his highly original personality. -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Tanakee are thought to possess strange, almost supernatural powers.Their eyes are described as large and hypnotic." From Tribe of the Teddy Bear -- J. Joseph Wright
Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat. -- Gale Norton
The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president. -- Chris Van Hollen
Truths are dangerous," he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages," said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear. -- Kristin Cashore
Jesse Helms wants me to move to the right, Lowell Weiker wants me to move to the left, and Teddy Kennedy wants me to move back to California. -- Ronald Reagan
When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she'd give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like giving birth to a foreign species. -- J. Courtney Sullivan
We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians. -- Pete McCloskey
We'll make it a blowout like in the olden days.""When dinosaurs roamed the earth?" Teddy asked."Exactly," Dad said. "When dinosaurs roamed the earth and your mom and I were young. -- Gayle Forman
Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!) -- Ilona Andrews
Teddy, Vern, Chris: I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh! Gordie: And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up. -- Stephen King
With the newspapers cheering, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt chose a top-notch regiment of more than 1,250 men. They were first called Teddy's Texas Tarantulas and went through three or four other monikers until Roosevelt's Rough Riders stuck. -- Douglas Brinkley
President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that had helped cushion the blow of a would-be assassin's bullet. -- Maureen Dowd
Teddy didn't really understand the attraction of the dark side for the young these days. Perhaps because they had never experienced it. They had been brought up without shadows and seemed determined to create their own. -- Kate Atkinson
Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the Senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over for him. -- John F. Kennedy
My kids just brought home a beautiful pumpkin, but you know what? I'm going to return it because it's a Democratic pumpkin. It has the orange color of John Kerry's tan, and the roundness of Teddy Kennedy. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. -- George Shearing
You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the ceiling in curlicues. "Lord, you never make it easy, do you." "No. -- Anna Godbersen
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that its much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. -- George Shearing
As soon as (Teddy Roosevelt) received an assignment for a paper or project, he would set to work, never leaving anything to the last minute. Prepared so far ahead "freed his mind" from worry and facilitated fresh, lucid thought. -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He`s been assuming a sort of progressive mantle, and he ticked off some large and systemic problems that this country faces. -- Barack Obama
When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: 'Bobby would have been proud of you.' -- Joe Scarborough
I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude, and I'm vibin' with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music. -- Ace Hood
The Democrats continue to snipe at Bush. They'll never give it up to him. You know Teddy Kennedy and Tom Daschle pick more nits than a father and son spider monkey team who know they're being followed by a National Geographic film crew. -- Dennis Miller
As he followed Bill back to the others a wry though came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him. -- J. K. Rowling
Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his blandishments by deadly force, and you'll get a perfect idea of how a Charles Schumer or a George Bush feels about armed taxpayers. -- L. Neil Smith
But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear. -- A. J. McLean
With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.' -- The Notorious B.I.G.
I guess I'm a fun-loving teddy bear. I've got two sides to me. Obviously, there's the football side that a lot of people see - the mean, ferocious, coming-after-the-quarterback guy. But off the field, I'm a calm, cool, collected guy. -- Ndamukong Suh
Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. -- Michael Gambon
If you're a guy who's always been the fun-to-be-around teddy bear, then all of a sudden people are viewing you as sexy, it's nice. It's great not having to be the plucky best friend or the comic relief anymore - I love that. -- Adam Richman
I have always aspired towards other people's looks. When I was young, I loved teddy boys; I thought they looked wonderful. Then I was a cowboy in Arizona, really for the clothes! I had a ranch for five years; I had chaps made of bearskin. -- Nicholas Haslam
The talk-box thing that T-Pain does is something new and different for this generation because they don't know about Zapp or Teddy Riley. I think he's creative and has made the talk-box his own in the hip-hop world, but if these young ones studied their musical history, they'd know that. -- Keith Sweat
My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her. -- James Franco
You'll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I'm just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain't ashamed to cry. When I go out and I meet people who are suffering and they come and talk to me, Mr. T cries, Mr. T who could break a man's jaw with his fist. -- Mr. T
One must remember that in the '70s, Democrats still grasping for Camelot were desperately pinning their hopes on Teddy while Republicans were doing everything they could politically to turn him into a punch line post-Chappaquiddick. And the idea of Ted Kennedy - rather than the actual man - dominated his political legacy through the early '90s. -- Chuck Todd
Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear. -- Shannon Miller
I've always had loads of teddy bears. -- Ella Eyre
Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp. -- David Nicholls
I kinda miss Donald Trump, he was a little teddy bear to me. -- Jeb Bush
Virgo: Your teddy bear will reveal that he is pregnant and will require counseling. -- Sue Limb
Fact: More people are killed each year by teddy bears than by grizzly bears. -- Laura Lee
in the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. -- Markus Zusak
Mick Foley has gone from being a hardcore legend to a cuddly teddy bear. -- Edge
So when I'm in that teddy bear suit, I'm like a creepy, sexy baby. -- Miley Cyrus
I love little teddy bears and little fluffy animals. I buy them all the time. -- Alessandra Ambrosio
Don't throw me teddy-bears, I'm 23! I'm a man! Throw me condoms or money! Paper, not coins. -- Robbie Williams
Valentine's Day gifts like teddy bears, chocolate and perfume are SO lame. How about be thoughtful and original? -- Christopher Michael Cillizza
My best Valentine's Day was when someone gave me a teddy bear. It was a really, really big bear! -- Dinah-Jane Hansen
Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year. -- Tim Burton
The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life -- Willard Gaylin
I think fur looks better on an animal than on a human being. So I dress my dog in a mink teddy. -- Emo Philips
Anyone who's ever tried to tangle with a teddy bear cholla knows there's a whole lot more bear than teddy to it. -- Kevin Hearne
A teddy bear does not depend upon mechanics to give him the semblance of life. He is loved - and therefore he lives. -- Pam Brown
The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. "Are you being serious?" Her face is stoic. "Absolutely. I never kid about teddy bears. -- Jessica Sorensen
A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown. -- Pam Brown
When you get to know them, most professional fighters are big teddy bears. I say that having been beat up by a few stuffed animals. -- Jarod Kintz
...as if someone had thrown a hand grenade into the middle of a teddy bear orgy and the only survivors had had their fur blown off. -- Christopher Moore
My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around. -- Leonard Slatkin
Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear. -- Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that kills 4,600 children a year. -- Marian Wright Edelman
Mordak has the mental clarity to recognise that when it comes to running a bureaucracy, Elves can achieve a degree of blinkered ruthlessness that makes goblins look like teddy-bears. -- Tom Holt
I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears. -- Peta Wilson
I'm no more used to being without a weapon than you are. (Cassandra) She's right about that. Her teddy bear is a six-inch retractable knife with a snub-nosed .38 Special. (Katra) -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
Kincaid, evidently exhausted himself, drew a gun, took the safety off, placed it on his chest, and went to sleep too. "It's cute," I whispered to Murphy. "He has a teddy Glock. -- Jim Butcher
When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted. -- Marcel Dzama

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