Ed Koch Quotes
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
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You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.
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According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
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It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
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I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.
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I must have a drink of breakfast.
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
