James A. Garfield Quotes
No American has carried greater fame out of the White House than this silent man who leaves it today.
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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.
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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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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
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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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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it.
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I get a lot of letters from people.
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Do something for yourself today that you will thank yourself for tomorrow.
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How is God's name hallowed among us? When both our doctrine and living are truly Christian.
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I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them.
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No American has carried greater fame out of the White House than this silent man who leaves it today.
