James Bovard Quotes
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
James Bovard
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
Ed Bradley
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
J. C. Ryle
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
Vern Buchanan
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
Nazanin Boniadi
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
Karlie Kloss
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
Gail Simmons
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
Zainab Salbi
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
Garrison Keillor
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
Gary Miller
Bad Brains
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
Fat Joe
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
Mac Thornberry
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
Dan Stevens
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I'm fully conscious all the time that I'm an American Negro, because it's part of my life. But I also know that if I want to say, 'I see a bus full of people,' I don't have to say, 'I am a Negro seeing a bus full of people.'
Amiri Baraka
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I'm a very strange painter. I don't wake up one day and say, 'God, isn't this a fantastic day, I'd better get out and paint!' I think my father's more that way, because he's very fast.
Jamie Wyeth
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Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
James Bovard
