Mark Skousen Quotes
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The issues that we face as a country and in South Florida aren't broken down by city line or county line.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
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I've done quite a few films that are based on books, and it's always nerve-wracking because there's an audience who has read and loved the book, and what if they see the movie and hate it?
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There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.
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Unlike people of my generation, my children and my grandchildren have grown up living with, knowing, people who were outwardly gay and lesbian. And they have learned that they're just like us... And when you see that they're just like us, the rationale for discrimination melts away.
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The people are rejecting so-called free trade and globalization that the elites presented as a positive thing.
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It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.
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You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.
