John Cornyn Quotes
Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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WWE was an opportunity to wrestle in front of thousands - in 2013, I did 227 matches, and almost all of them were in front of more than three or four thousand people, with a high of 70,000 plus. It was an incredible experience to be part of that.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer's block.
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What is important is to have values in life. What's important is how you are, not how you look.
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I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world.
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The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other.
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Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
