James L. Buckley Quotes
What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields is not regenerated soon, the comfortable lifestyle to which Americans have become accustomed will draw to a rapid close.
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Some secrets are meant to be taken to the grave, and that's what I plan on doing with all mine. They're not necessarily my secrets to tell. I'm the gatekeeper of other people's secrets.
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Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have the upper hand.
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I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
