Matthew Heineman Quotes
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	I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.   
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	You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.   
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	All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.   
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	I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.   
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	The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.   
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	If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.   
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	My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.   
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	Greetings and death to our enemies.   
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	Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.   
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	We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.   
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	Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.   
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	I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.   
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	I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.   
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	I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.   
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	You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.   
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	I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.   
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	Anti-Semitism is extremely common.   
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	How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.   
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	And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.   
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	We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and adds more meaning and dialogue to hip hop.   
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	Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart. That is where it must be sought. One must follow and understand this fatal game that leads from lucidity in the face of existence to flight from light.   
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	We as a society need to become healthier.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					