George Allen, Sr. Quotes
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I had a vision - and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened - the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams - and I heard a voice saying, 'Such is your luck, such are you called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.'
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I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.
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There's something about a wah pedal that really gets my gut going! People will probably say, 'He's just hiding behind the wah.' But that isn't the case. It's just that those frequencies really bring out a lot of aggression in my approach.
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I want to be the poster girl for engineers and computer nerds.
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I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.
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People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
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People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
