Maddox Quotes
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I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.
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If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party.
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I love nature - it's probably my most favorite thing. I don't watch much telly, the telly hardly goes on, but the things I do watch are sort of nature programs, and something about the oceans and the amount of weird fish that's in there.
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I have always been very choosy, but as you grow older, your tolerance for crap becomes less. The role I will do today has to justify the time I take away from my kids and my husband. I love them, spend a lot of time with them and love doing things for them. So to go away for three to six months, I need something equally powerful.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.
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I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
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I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
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The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
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I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.
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I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the vacuums seemed to always be falling apart. Every time I did a demonstration, I'd say, 'This is the material the astronauts used on Apollo 13.' And no sooner had that come out of my mouth, something would malfunction.
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Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.
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The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.
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With 20 top-10 finishes, I feel we're on the right path.
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There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
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Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this.
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I love the fashion world. I love clothes. I love style.
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Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience.
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Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
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The only thing that goes with Crocs is social Ostracism.
