George J. Mitchell Quotes
Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
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I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.
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There is a glass ceiling for the Indian startups. If I want to meet the PM, it won't be as easy as a foreign guy coming to India. I understand that dynamic, and we need to make sure government sees us as major contributors to society, which is not full there.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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I had a hard time going back to school after T2. I really didn't want to go to private school.
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Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.
