John Thune Quotes
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
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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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I love anything to do with history.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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I had an amazing childhood.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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I never played sports or got into the whole guy camaraderie of, like, 'I love you, man! Seniors forever!' So suddenly being in the military with these guys who were under these very heightened circumstances, isolated from their families, living this very kind of Greek lifestyle, it changed my life in a really big way.
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I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.
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I was putting myself under enormous pressure to be successful.
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I was a complete outsider in high school.
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I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am.
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I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.
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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt.
