Martin O'Malley Quotes
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I'm not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense?
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Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live.
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Our heads have a nasty habit of ruining what can make us happiest. And there are times in our lives when you have to put aside what we think is best and do with what you feel is best.
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As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.
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Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey that's slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least.
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Typically, I don't get to unwind after a day at work.
