John Cornyn Quotes
I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to choose between Republicans in a contested primary because obviously you're going to be offending some people.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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I'm always very happy to talk to people. I relate to people, and the guy on stage is very much the guy that's off stage. People know when it's fake.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I always drive like a madman.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
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I definitely used to lie about my age. I'm from Tennessee and everyone would vacation in Destin, Florida, where there are lots of cute guys. I would go with my older sister and lie about my age to them.
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You don't have to be too bright to get into real estate.
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All accidents and experiments, and discoveries, are what my work is about. The problem that I have as an artist is being way too critical.
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Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.
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Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny that things have changed; they resist it and refuse to change.
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I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to choose between Republicans in a contested primary because obviously you're going to be offending some people.
