Chuck Grassley Quotes
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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Change is not an event, it's a process.
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Springsteen is a hero to a lot of people in New Jersey. He's a role model - because he's a local guy who got out.
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Korean nationalism has not only energized the North’s march to nuclear armament, but also exerted a growing appeal on people in the South - the ideological discourse of which republic has received even less attention than the North’s. The average American knows only that in the 1980s liberal democracy replaced authoritarianism here in South Korea.
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I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.
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One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
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Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts.
