Brad Thor Quotes
The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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The region west of the Mississippi continued in the popular mind to be a strange land for which the reports of explorers and travellers did the work of fiction, and Cooper's Prairie had few followers.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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My family are my friends.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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Marriage is something I'd recommend everyone to try, if you find the right person, of course.
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The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.
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New York is an incredible place to be an artist, because there are so many incredible people, and... it's all about the people that you get exposed to.
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A relatively young woman is perceived as younger than a relatively young man.
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The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.
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I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
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The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.
