Albert Collins (Albert Gene Drewery) Quotes
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
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I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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Being positive may be a character defect of mine.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
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Basically I hate categorical labels. As a young artist I already was very clear about this - that 'objectification' is not the final aim of art. For there are greater things than the object. The greatest thing is the human mind.
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A dagger has only a single point, but a traitor cuts from anywhere.
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Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).
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Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.
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A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.
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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
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I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
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I eat merely to put food out of my mind.
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Don't mistake kindness for weakness, baby.
