John McCain Quotes
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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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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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
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I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
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I would love to be a professional athlete. When I was living in Mexico as a teenager, I did seven years of gymnastics and went to the Junior Olympics. I was getting to the level of going to the international competitions, but I was only 14, and my parents were really worried because they did not want that to be my life.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.
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You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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America's greatest strength has always been its hopeful vision of human progress.
