Jan Peter Balkenende Quotes
Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.
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If you're cast on 'The Vampire Diaries,' the likelihood of you dying is very good.
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They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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Of course, I reserve the right to make wholly stupid changes to Perl if I think they improve the language.
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I'm leaving. I'm doing five episodes this year, then I'll be headed out.
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I always try and put out posts on social media about feeling good inside, and there's so much pressure for people to look a certain way and have a certain hairstyle or a certain lipstick.
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Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.
