Jim DeMint Quotes
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding from his right eye.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.
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It's taken a lot of years for me to learn how to share my story.
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Marvel is run by some very smart people, and they seem to pride themselves on the fact that they don't just find talent, they groom talent.
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I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.
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I was never a boy. I always was a girl in my heart, and although I was presented as a boy to the public, inside I was feminine. It was OK to be that because that's just who I was, and I can't change that. I was born that way.
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I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
