Jim DeMint Quotes
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.
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Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.
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Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.
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We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn't mean it's not there. This may be very tricky.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
