John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery of a link between a gene and a disease, we imagine that we've learned the cause of the disease, and we may even think we'll get a cure by fixing the gene.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
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Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
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This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters - you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work.
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Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
