Xavier Becerra Quotes
Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot of concern about getting embroiled in another Vietnam and ... about sending American troops once again to fight someone else's war.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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Any future which is not beautiful is unacceptable.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.
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I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.
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People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.
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Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot of concern about getting embroiled in another Vietnam and ... about sending American troops once again to fight someone else's war.
