Daniel Inouye Quotes
There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I don't ever want to stop making country, and I don't want to stop making electronic music, either.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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I was very rebellious.
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My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
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America, I know the road will be long, but I know we can get there. Yes, we will stumble, but I know we’ll get back up. That’s how a movement happens. That’s how history bends. That's how when somebody is faint of heart, somebody else brings them along and says, come on, we’re marching.
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I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.
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All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
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May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
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The will is not free to strive toward whatever is declared good.
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There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.
