AJ McLean (Alexander James McLean) Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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A lot of people don't want to grow up because it sucks.
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Prince is my favorite ever. I've liked Prince since... It's been a really long time. Even in junior high. I used to only like punk for a while, and I had all these rules for what kinds of groups were cool, and who was not cool, but as soon as I saw this one Prince video... It just broke all those rules. I was like, 'I love this no matter what.'
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I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or sometimes it can be someone who's close to me.
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I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything for someone?
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Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.
