John Hume Quotes
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.
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I've been working a long time; it was a slow burn. But I'm grateful it's been like that.
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People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
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I used to be obsessed with game shows. When the Game Show Network became popular in the late '90s, I was all about reruns of 'The Price Is Right.' I knew all the prices from the '70s.
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We've all heard about Wall Street greed. I think people are now starting to be a little bit more sensitized to Washington greed - the greed for power and control over our lives and our economy.
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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
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Despair is an act of resignation I am not willing to make.
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There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.
