Charles Kennedy Quotes
There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
Quotes to Explore
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
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We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood.
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I've always had bad posture, and Pilates makes me feel taller and reminds me to keep my shoulders back. And hiking isn't just about doing cardio, it's also when I can get my 'me time' to be alone with my thoughts. After Pilates I should do some cardio, and after hiking, I need to do some resistance training.
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I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.
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The Sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.
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Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.
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Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.
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You have a person there in Senator McCain that has an integrity in him and will stand up for the political process.
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I always thought that I would work behind the camera, because it's a more comfortable place for me to be, really.
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Together we are building a new Mexico.
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I'm quite confident, but I don't fancy myself. I don't really care about how I look.
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I said we are in a mental recession. We keep getting the steady drumbeat of bad news... it's become a mental recession. We don't have measured negative growth. That's a fact, that's not a commentary.
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Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
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I used to lie in bed and imagine I was performing at the Albert Hall, not that I'd ever been there. I took lessons with a German teacher when I was quite young. But it turned out I had a very high soprano voice, which I didn't like at all.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.
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I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.
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Whoever wants to love is better knowing nothing than too much.
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There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
