George Deukmejian Quotes
Whether I sign a bill or not, is generally an expression of my personal view on the subject. It's not an interpretation of an existing law.
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Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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I love women more than anything.
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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?
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Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.
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I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
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One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.
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The only thing that's difficult is reloading when things are happening. Can you get it done fast enough?
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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The worst gift I have ever gotten on Christmas is going to see Tim Allen in 'The Santa Clause.'
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Whether I sign a bill or not, is generally an expression of my personal view on the subject. It's not an interpretation of an existing law.
