Martin O'Malley Quotes
Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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A 2014 survey found that 74% of law-enforcement agencies reported antigovernment extremism as one of the top terrorist threats. Just 3% of those agencies viewed the threat from Muslim extremists as severe.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.
