Mel Martinez Quotes
Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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To win a major championship - I think, at the end of the day, that's what a golfer's career is based upon.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.
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It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?
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There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear.
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In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
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Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
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When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 10-0, who was his toughest guy? Stephan Bonnar, and he did not finish him. I have fought higher-caliber opponents at this stage in my career than Jon did in his at 9-1; His tenth fight was Matt Hammil.
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I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you're not. You can't borrow money from China the way the U.S. has done and then turn around and say, 'But you've got a human-rights problem.' You can't be half pregnant.
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After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another.
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You have to plan ahead so that rather then seek revenge for the horse's misbehavior, you see his aggressive behavior shaping up and can redirect it. You change his mind before he's acted and move on to something else.
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You can help me by advancing equality, supporting arts and education, and saving this goddamn planet.
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Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.
