Paul Wellstone Quotes
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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Sarasota-Bradenton is a unique community to live in.
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The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
