Mike Lowry Quotes
If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think that people really walk away with a real understanding of the issues.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.
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I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
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Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.
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I don't believe you! You're a liar! … Play it fucking loud!
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There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance; a feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart, - and always to plead it successfully.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.
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When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.
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I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.
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People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets.
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Touring is definitely work. You're spending a lot of time in the car and around the same people and it's not the easiest thing in the world, but it's better than working a 9-to-5 job or something.
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A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?
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I think I've always been pretty shameless about seeking out people much smarter and much more experienced than me from the very beginning.
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If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think that people really walk away with a real understanding of the issues.
