Mitch Daniels Quotes
Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.
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When I was in college, I was always saying I was a socialist.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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When I hear from people who are struggling to put food on the table, I understand because I've been there.
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You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.
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I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.
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If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.
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We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.
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Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.
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I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep!
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In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with the past. There is but one way of refusing tomorrow, that is to die.
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I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.
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I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
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Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.
