John Bercow Quotes
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When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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I'm definitely capable of just enjoying riding my bike these days.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels so Southern. It feels so American. Like, hundreds of years of American tradition is involved in it.
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When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
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And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.
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Poussey is a really huge part of 'Orange,' and I'm sure her name will always echo through the halls of Litchfield, dead or alive.
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It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
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Cyberterrorism has become an increasingly prevalent and serious threat here in America, both to individuals and businesses.
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Citizens victimized by genocide or abandoned by the international community do not make good neighbors, as their thirst for vengeance, their irredentism and their acceptance of violence as a means of generating change can turn them into future threats.
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I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.
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I'm happy to admit that I'm a hopeless optimist.
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I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.
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His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.
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The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today’s employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.
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The measures will be a tombstone for growth prospects.
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Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.
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None of my friends call me L.C. That was just a high school nickname, and nobody refers to me like that anymore.
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We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.
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Cooking skills aside, my mother is an exceptional nurturer.
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There's no point in worrying about things you can't influence.
