Allan James Burnett (A. J. Burnett) Quotes
Every one disguising the truth from a man who has a right to the truth is wrong, and ought not to be encouraged.
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I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
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I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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I was involved in legislating dozens of laws, perhaps hundreds. But my glory didn't lie in legislative work, if there is any glory in it. The Israeli law books are full of laws that aren't enforced anyway.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I've always thought about my legacy - more so, though, my impact off the field and how I'm helping my community and solidifying and strengthening the lives of others around me. And also, I just want to be a dominant football player, too. So it encompasses everything.
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I'm not the healthiest eater, but I try to watch what I eat during the week. I kind of splurge on the weekends and eat french fries and pizza.
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We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We're starting to put more and more textbooks into our schools. We've become accustomed of late of putting little books into the hands of children, containing fables and moral lessons. We're spending less time in the classroom on the Bible, which should be the principal text in our schools. The Bible states these great moral lessons better than any other man-made book.
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Truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.
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Hamm: Can there be misery (he yawns) loftier than mine?
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It's very easy to go through your whole life and never really get anything done or have any real meaningful interactions or relationships. All of a sudden you're dead, and I'm going to say that's got to be a letdown.
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Every one disguising the truth from a man who has a right to the truth is wrong, and ought not to be encouraged.
