Randy Forbes Quotes
As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American. You don't just get the good part. You get the bad part, too. You get all of it.
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I first began to realize that it was time to leave my job when the sight of my manager's telephone number on my screen made my heart contract and burn.
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I believe I've got the best of both worlds - a modern man with old fashioned values. I'm happy to be a house husband but won't let my wife carry her own bag.
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When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground.
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Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!
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As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
