Harper Reed Quotes
There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.
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We're all trying to be Beyonce and Sheryl Sandberg at the same time.
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I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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I never took any elocution lessons, no diction lessons. I might have been a pretty decent broadcaster if I had, but what you see, I'm afraid, is what you get.
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The European vision is the United Nations' vision.
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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.
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The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.
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The American people have been denied important information for their own protection.
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Going on safari in South Africa was hardcore but a lot of fun - though my friend Maura was absolutely freaking out about all the bugs in her hair and having to pee in the sand.
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It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore.
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No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
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You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter.
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God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form...The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man.
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There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most.
