James A. Garfield Quotes
Gentlemen of the Convention, your present temper may not mark the healthful pulse of our people. When your enthusiasm has passed, when the emotions of this hour have subsided, we shall find below the storm and passion that calm level of public opinion from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which final action will be determined.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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No one person is an island.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.
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I love Chennai and its people. My mother always tells me, 'You should have been born a South Indian!'
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Gentlemen of the Convention, your present temper may not mark the healthful pulse of our people. When your enthusiasm has passed, when the emotions of this hour have subsided, we shall find below the storm and passion that calm level of public opinion from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which final action will be determined.
