Michael D. Higgins Quotes
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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I always wanted to be a mom.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.
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Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it.
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Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
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I think I'll die underrated, but it's alright, man.
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It is the ability of governments to acquire money without direct taxation that makes modern warfare possible, and a central bank has become the preferred method of accomplishing that.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
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When I was 11 I became a massive fan of The Monkees. We had a so-called 'band' of kids on my street and we'd go along to people's houses and mime to Monkees records.
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It is the tendency of the study of science to make us patient, humble and attentive to the smallest things. Is not this part of religion?
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My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
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There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.
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Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.
