Patti Davis Quotes
My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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We should have an inclusive growth model in India. Agro-interest is also as important as industrial interest.
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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I'm extremely grateful that I found writing, but it doesn't make it any more peaceful.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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The approach that the music industry took to fight piracy was the wrong strategy.
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I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.
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The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.
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The hardest thing is getting fake hit. You really have to sell it. Somebody comes at you and stops a couple inches from your face. You have to react like it's painful. In my training, those were the days I was more sore, doing gut punches or getting thrown against walls. You're moving your body in a way that's not natural.
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Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all that there is of good and bad here below. Such is the general rule. Temperament, education, the accidents of life, are modifying factors. Outside of this, everything is ordered arrangement, everything is chance. Such has been my rule of expectation and it has usually brought me success.
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My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.
