Daniel Cormier Quotes
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I like things simple.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
