Ed Gillespie Quotes
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I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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The only decent daily paper of record in France is the online 'Mediapart,' which exposes graft and corruption in high places and is feared by the establishment.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980 and today went by very, very quickly.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.
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Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain.
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The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.
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Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.
