George J. Mitchell Quotes
I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'
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She walked on, comforted by the surf, by the one perpetual moment of beach-time, the now-and-always of it.
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It's one of my favorite seasons of the year: Back to School. As a kid, I loved fresh school supplies, new outfits, the change of seasons, and the chance to crack open a new textbook.
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We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.
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The prospect that I could actually be a journalist triggered a 'Who do you think you are?' reaction in me. It was only in going to law school and being unhappy there that I realized that I really, really had to try it.
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I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.
