Ernie Fletcher Quotes
I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
Quotes to Explore
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Water is the softest of all things, yet it is the most powerful. The ocean patiently allows all things to flow into it. It is always flexible. The Tao is not about grasping, but allowing, like water.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a book-sort of a neutral ground. A writer puts down the words, and a reader interprets the words, and every reader will read a book differently. I love that.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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We never take people seriously when they are alive, but once they are gone, we always think that we should have treated them better.
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I just love what I do. I'm not worried about any burnout.
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The object before us, to begin with, material production.
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If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.
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Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time.
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Doc Savage, Indiana Jones, Flash Gordon... these were the kinds of characters I was thinking about as I was developing Jonas Quantum because there aren't that many brand new characters being introduced anymore.
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How many stories do you know about people cooped up in places because of deep snowfall? How many stories where something good happens to those people?
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I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.
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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines the purpose and accounts for the immense wealth of American sports. It is the ceremony of innocence that the fans pay to see - not the game or the match or the bout, but the ritual portrayal of a world in which time stops and all hope remains plausible, in which everybody present can recover the blameless expectations of a child, where the forces of light always triumph over the powers of darkness.
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We could be playing anybody the first game. We'd still have a sour taste in our mouths.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
