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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails. – Clarence S. Darrow	added by Normando 1 year ago
Don't hide behind the coattails of government. Move forward with business solutions to solve the problems that we have right now, the good news is through advanced technologies, 3D printing, 3D manufacturing, you can put a manufacturing facility in your basement. You can put it in a 1,000 square foot garage. There's no reason we shouldn't be making and printing and designing and producing. And look, you can put a saying on a t-shirt and sell them for $40 and make a $2,000 on the weekend. So get your hustle on, and start doing business. – Bruce Montgomery	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Leonardo DiCaprio, I'll ride on your coattails any day, man, the view's fantastic. – Brad Pitt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Senator Amy Klobuchar is setting a torrid pace for Democrats in Minnesota, senator Amy Klobuchar popularity may impact other Democrats on the ballot, who can benefit from her' Klobuchar Coattails.'. – David Paleologos	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In my next life when I come back I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coattails of the men, they don't make any decisions and they are lucky. – Raymond Moore	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Presidential candidates have coattails; congressional candidates do not, but more money may be spent on field operations. – Jon Ausman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
To stand up to China, we need to develop our economy and our capacity for external defense, we can't do this by hanging on the coattails of Uncle Sam. – Renato Reyes	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I just needed to hang on his coattails, he was kicking me on today, for sure. I was trying to keep up with him and didn't want to let him get too far ahead. – Rory McIlroy	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails. – H. L. Mencken	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.

– Clarence S. Darrow

added by Normando
1 year ago

Don't hide behind the coattails of government. Move forward with business solutions to solve the problems that we have right now, the good news is through advanced technologies, 3D printing, 3D manufacturing, you can put a manufacturing facility in your basement. You can put it in a 1,000 square foot garage. There's no reason we shouldn't be making and printing and designing and producing. And look, you can put a saying on a t-shirt and sell them for $40 and make a $2,000 on the weekend. So get your hustle on, and start doing business.

– Bruce Montgomery

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Leonardo DiCaprio, I'll ride on your coattails any day, man, the view's fantastic.

– Brad Pitt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Senator Amy Klobuchar is setting a torrid pace for Democrats in Minnesota, senator Amy Klobuchar popularity may impact other Democrats on the ballot, who can benefit from her' Klobuchar Coattails.'.

– David Paleologos

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In my next life when I come back I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coattails of the men, they don't make any decisions and they are lucky.

– Raymond Moore

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Presidential candidates have coattails; congressional candidates do not, but more money may be spent on field operations.

– Jon Ausman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To stand up to China, we need to develop our economy and our capacity for external defense, we can't do this by hanging on the coattails of Uncle Sam.

– Renato Reyes

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I just needed to hang on his coattails, he was kicking me on today, for sure. I was trying to keep up with him and didn't want to let him get too far ahead.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails.

– H. L. Mencken

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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