Michael Mullen Quotes
Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his own style and I have my own style, but it's a shared thing. Same thing with my grandfather; he was really into his style, so it's just sort of been passed down, I think.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.
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Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
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When you come off 'The X Factor,' you're more likely to be a failure than a success because people almost want you to fail. There's this kind of feeling that you're separate from everyone else. You get it from artists, people in the industry, people at record labels.
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Childhood is precious... Hardest part of growing up? Is growing up, I think.
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I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'
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I've been outspoken forever about everything.
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Getting elected as a Republican in Massachusetts is very, very different from being elected as a Republican in New Hampshire.
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If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress.
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Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.
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My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them.
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I went along and basically learned a few of the songs they were doing at the time, which were quite a few of the songs we ended up doing on our first album.
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I'm giving life lessons and tips on how to take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer in America.
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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That's where my influences lie, in the blues with people like Muddy Waters and Tina Turner. At first I didn't really like the idea of working with synthesizers but now I think they're fun, there are no restrictions. Not that I understand how they work.
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Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.
