John McCain Quotes
I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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Twitter should ban my mother.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That's not good.
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.
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Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust - not only Jews, but also Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, political prisoners and dozens of ethnic and other minorities.
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To establish what is true is very difficult. Frequently it is easier to establish what is false. And, passing through the false, it's possible to understand something about truth.
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I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.
