John Shimkus Quotes
Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
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I love when someone doesn't pretend to be someone they are not.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
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Nothing ever stands still, and neither should you.
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Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.
