James Mercer Quotes
My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.
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I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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I do what I can do to help my defense.
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It's not up to me to list, like a grocer, my achievements in the government and the Knesset.
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You really want some natural way for people to get Bitcoins, as part of their paycheck or some other activity so they can turn around and spend them. It's much better if the Bitcoin economy is a self-contained thing.
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The typical white American woman in 1800 gave birth seven times; by 1900, the average was down to 3.5.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Yorgos Lanthimos said, "What about if he's a bit soft?" And I said, "Yeah, I think you're right." He just comfort-eats a little bit too much. He's just asleep in his own life and has let himself go. And the mustache, I don't know if it was him or I suggested it. But I remember my sister was watching me eat and she was like, "God, does he have to be fat?" And in retrospect I couldn't think of David being any other way because it affected the way I moved. It really did. It slowed me down in a way that I felt was conducive to kind of tapping into the spirit of the character.
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My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.
