Washington Allston Quotes
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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.
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My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.
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I've always been a guy who goes against everything people say.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
