Brad Thor Quotes
Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
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I have a garden. We have fresh tomatoes and strawberries. People are different here... People out in California, they grow up quicker. They have a lot of excess, and they have a lot more things than we do here in Hungary. There, they start doing makeup when they're 13, when we would still be out in the countryside making sausage.
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
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If we get to a world of digital securities, then there isn't a need for DTC and Cede & Co. anymore. It's a really huge step in returning to clean capital markets.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
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Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man's sin not disturb you in your efforts, do not feat that it will dampen your endeavor and keep it from being fulfilled, do not say, Sin is strong, impiety is strong, the bad environment is strong, and we are lonely and powerless, the bad environment will dampen us and keep our good endeavor from being fulfilled. Flee from such despondency, my children! There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for the sins of men.
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The desire to maximize the number of winning trades (or minimize the number of losing trades) works against the trader. The success rate of trades is the least important performance statistic and may even be inversely related to performance.
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Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle but You Can Win
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.
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Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.
