Derek Kilmer Quotes
Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.
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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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Must I tell the story of my life again?
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I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that before'.
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I've got a soft spot for true individuals.
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It is very annoying - things have been written by people who didn't know me at all or Princess Diana. They were written by people who never knew me or met me. It did make me angry. I just stopped reading the papers.
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Mental strength is something you either have or you haven't.
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Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.
