Jim DeMint Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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We must aim for a zero-tolerance approach to hospital-acquired infections; we have to be clear about who's in charge at ward level, so there's proper accountability, and we need to reduce the reliance on agency nursing staff.
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He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.
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We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times and that it could go from glaring sun to overcast skies to pouring rain in a matter of minutes, often shifting multiple times a day.
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.
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Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.
