Bob Beckel Quotes
I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love.
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Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
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My golf game is lacking big time.
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It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
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People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
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I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
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The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
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If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.
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To his credit, Obama didn't just come to Washington to be someone. Like Reagan, he came to Washington to do something - to introduce a powerful social democratic stream into America's deeply and historically individualist polity.
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The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the understudy must be ready to take over if needed.
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Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.
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I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.
