Bethany Hamilton Quotes
When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
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A lot of recent comic book adaptations have gone two ways: either they're striving for some kind of realism, like 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight,' or they're very stylised and gritty, like 'Sin City' and '300.'
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I've been training quite hard.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.
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Grease is the only cure for a hangover.
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Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.
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Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.
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You pray for yourselves and just ask God to guide you and to give you strength.
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At least us old men remember what a real bear market is like, and the young men haven't got a clue.
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When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.
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When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my life. Really, through the shark attack and all the hard times that my family and I went through, it gave us unity and perseverance to push through all this crazy stuff that we never knew was going to happen.
