Jim DeMint Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I'm a proud family man.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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I am just getting into Zora Neale Hurston, who is possibly a much better writer than the critics and rivals who tried to erase her from history, resulting in a life in which she worked as a maid and died in a welfare nursing home. She's clever. She does something modern to the sentence.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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Without a goal we are much like the man with a boat and nowhere to go. Goals give us the drive and energy we need to remain on track long enough for their accomplishment.
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You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger!
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Not since the Black Panthers sailed into their Upper East Side tea party has there been so daffy an exercise in radical chic.
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The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.
