Bill Clegg Quotes
When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I'm a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me - it is a new way to see it.
Quotes to Explore
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Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.
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I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink and putting them back in the refrigerator.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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People who are given whatever they want soon develop a sense of entitlement and rapidly lose their sense of proportion.
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Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take payments. So with an open mind, and maybe a useful lack of knowledge about the industry, we started building a payment product.
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Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
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A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart
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When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I'm a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me - it is a new way to see it.
