Matthew Heineman Quotes
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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If you are an eighteen or nineteen-year-old with little education, as is often the case, and you're put in charge of many, many people on the other end of the world, you have absolute power and you're not prepared for it.
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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.
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Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
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I fell in love with Mexico. I fell in love with the people.
