George Allen, Sr. Quotes
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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How did abortion and birth control impact the congressional race of Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle or the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? I don't know. But I think the so-called social issues were front and center in the minds of voters. These issues may indeed have lost the Republicans some elections.
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I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it. The reason I ran against him was that he was one way in the district and then when he got to Washington, he voted the opposite.
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We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.
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I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly.
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By maintaining an active feedback system at every stage of a startup, founders can reduce their burn rate, increase their virality coefficient, and retain key hires.
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Catholics are every bit as diverse as any other sort of voters out there, with conservative Democrats and moderates.
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It is encouraging to see our home state of Washington at the forefront of legislation and enforcement on these important consumer protection issues.
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I don't particularly buy into all the nutrition fads and that sort of thing.
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Persevere and get it done.
