Joe Manchin Quotes
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park.
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I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
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I don't think confidence has ever really been one of those things that came naturally for me. If people thought I was confident, it was really just the way I masked my insecurity, because I didn't want people to really get to know the real me.
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There is a lot of pressure on pop stars, and I think a lot of it is the pressure that we put on ourselves. In our minds, we build up these huge, huge standards that we think people want from us, and actually, when you break it down, people just want you to make music and perform to the best of your ability, but anxiety can stop you from doing that.
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I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.
