John Drinkwater Quotes
To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?
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A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.
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Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
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On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
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I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us.
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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.
Ford Frick
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Even the devil gives some justice to his victims, when they're beyond all help.
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Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.
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After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
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Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles you, and it takes away your confidence, and nobody deserves that.
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I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women.
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The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother in a film. Basically anything where I get to act opposite actors like these; ones who bring a certain caliber to their work and literally morph into the character they are playing.
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I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.
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I'm not an intimate person, really.
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I can explain my body and my brain, but there's something more. I can't explain my own existence - what makes me a unique human being.
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Sometimes you don't need lightning to start a fire. Sometimes, it builds on its own.
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To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.
