Harold Ford, Jr. Quotes
My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
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I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum from ugly to beautiful, and that you could objectively plot everyone you saw along it.
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I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes.
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War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
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Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.
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I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
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With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.
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My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
