Matthew Heineman Quotes
So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.
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Men treat men differently than they would a woman.
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I am an academic, and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas.
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I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
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I'd love to write with some people from the U.K., like Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande... there's a very long list.
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I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.
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Mother or Murderer, you havegiven or taken life - Now all is one!
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The first instinctive response to any criticism is a defensive response. (The quicker the response, the more defensive.)
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We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.
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What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace and egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.
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I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.
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I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it has ever known.
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Like a lot of young lads who dreamt about being a singer, I was a massive fan of Robbie Williams and couldn't believe my luck when, not only did I get to meet my idol, but sing with him, too.
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So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days.
