Charlie Crist Quotes
Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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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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Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything.
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There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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When you dare me to do something, I will say, 'Watch me'. That is what I say to critics. 'Watch me'.
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Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell.
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I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy.
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Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.
