Pete Hoekstra Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I know firsthand the complexities of leading an enterprise through business and technology transformation. It takes intense focus, a strong drive, and a clearly communicated vision to inspire and take an organization from where they are, to where they need to be - or where they want to go.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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There's plenty of days when I don't want to eat chicken breast and broccoli and rice, but I know what I have to do, and I know the sacrifice I have to make.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don't have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie.
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As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.
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We brought ten thousand head of cattle to the Sierra one day and said to the peasants, simply, 'Eat'. And the peasants, for the first time in years and years, some for the first time in their lives, ate beef.
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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.
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The hope of all who suffer,The dread of all who wrong.
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Sports are trivial compared to matters of war and peace, but some parallels apply.
