Mark Takano Quotes
Those life experiences that helped shaped my political beliefs are with me in every position I take and every vote that I cast - whether it be in favor of comprehensive immigration reform, strengthening Social Security and Medicare, or improving our nation's education system.
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I go to Australia probably once every two years. It's wide-open spaces there, so I just rent a motorcycle and ride out to the middle of the continent. For hours, you don't see anybody.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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Sioux was always a horse culture, especially the Lakota Sioux. My mom is from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; my dad is from a Sioux Indian reservation. Both tribes are Lakota.
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My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.
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When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for himself.
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Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.
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Those life experiences that helped shaped my political beliefs are with me in every position I take and every vote that I cast - whether it be in favor of comprehensive immigration reform, strengthening Social Security and Medicare, or improving our nation's education system.
