John Edward Redmond Quotes
We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Home is where one starts from.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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I could never imagine myself acting in front of a camera or doing anything in front of the camera. I was a very shy girl.
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My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.
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I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
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You've got too many formats adult contemporary, adult alternative, soft rock, neo-soul come on! ... I'm hoping I will fit in all the marketplaces and not be limited to one place in music.
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We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged.
