Jim DeMint Quotes
Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.
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You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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I can tell women's confidence levels rise when they wear heels.
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We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.
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When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America.
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I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
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I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility.
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Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
