John Byng Quotes
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
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What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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I think I first encountered Ebola from the movie 'Outbreak.' Then there was the book 'The Hot Zone.' It's the type of thing you either read and say, 'Oh wow, that's terrifying,' or you read it and say, 'Oh wow, I want to do that.' I read it and said, 'Oh wow, I want do that.'
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.
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I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.
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If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.
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I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.
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Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.
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I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
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'The Schnlitzer-Murphys had diamonds as big as walnuts - ' 'That's nothing.' Percy had leaned forward and dropped his voice to a low whisper. 'That's nothing at all. My father has a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.'
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Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton, I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry.
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The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to.
