AJ McLean (Alexander James McLean) Quotes

We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.

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• It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.

  

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• I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.

  

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• Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.

  

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• People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

  

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• I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.

  

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• My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.

  

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• I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.

  

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• Women are not all single-issue voters.

  

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• Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.

  

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• When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

  

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  

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• For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.

  

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• I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.

  

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• Probability is a liberal art; it is a child of skepticism, not a tool for people with calculators on their belts to satisfy their desire to produce fancy calculations and certainties.

  

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• My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would come through China and say, The pipeline is full of ideas - there's personalized medicine, biotechnology, new forms to power ourselves, clean energy, etc., etc.

  

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• We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.

  

  AJ McLean
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