Charles H. Percy Quotes
I think I can do more inside the Republican Party to keep it in the center of the road. That's where Eisenhower was. And I'm an unabashed Eisenhower Republican.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens.
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I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
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There is always sleaze in the news. And you know what? The news is always a combination of things that are interesting and things that are important.
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I love when someone doesn't pretend to be someone they are not.
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I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I think I can do more inside the Republican Party to keep it in the center of the road. That's where Eisenhower was. And I'm an unabashed Eisenhower Republican.
