Charles Kennedy Quotes
As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a military footing. I won't use the word 'combat' to avoid being painted as a crusader.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers.
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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
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I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz.
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I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle of the night sobbing, just trying to process what had happened and wanting to find community around being in a lot of grief and having a lot of rage.
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I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking.
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For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
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As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.
