John Linder Quotes
Our Founding Fathers would be proud of all that America has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in the coming years.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I pack on mass quickly when I lift.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.
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Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.
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There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
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Our Founding Fathers would be proud of all that America has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in the coming years.
