James P. Hoffa Quotes
The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Our family business was operating batting cages. The pitching machine spit out the balls at lightning speed. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Whitey Ford. 50 cents for 12 pitches. Of course, my mother ran the place, and I was her slave: selling candy, hosing down the street, and the most dreaded of all jobs, feeding the pitching machine with balls.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.
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I go to my kids' sports games and don't have to carry the enormous burden of secrecy with me every day. However, adrenaline still courses through my body whenever I go through passport control to another country.
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Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.
Ford Frick
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If a girl is smiling and is bringing positive energy and she's happy, that's what I notice right away - and her teeth.
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I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down.
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There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision.
