George McGovern Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.
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I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
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I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.
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People like Aphex Twin, Jason Pierce, Jarvis Cocker and William Orbit are actively showing their interest in a wider field of music. Jarvis and I met on a benefit for an extraordinary man called LaMonte Young, the father of minimalism, who worked with John Cale and shared a loft with Yoko Ono.
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If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.
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When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.
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I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.
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If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind.
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My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'
