Tim Pawlenty (Timothy James Pawlenty) Quotes
The country's in significant danger, and I think we need people who are thoughtful. We're gonna have sharp differences, but we need to debate those in a way that's constructive and civil. I think President Obama is governing as a movement liberal. I don't think that rises to the level of being a socialist.
 
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	My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.   
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	And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.   
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	When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.   
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	For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.   
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	Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.   
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	I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.   
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	I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.   
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	I don't make political work. I don't make work that criticises the state. I make as human work as I can.   
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	I want to be in a position where I can function as a human being.   
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	I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.   
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	I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.   
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	You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.   
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	We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.   
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	I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.'   
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	We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.   
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	No one should ever feel sorry for me. Ive been treated very well for the most part.   
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	It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on.   
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	All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to my success because when I meet people, I see a piece of myself in them. And maybe they see a piece of themselves in me.   
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	We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.   
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	We need to recognize that although terrorism is real, there are many other dangers out there. And terrorism should not be the only driver or necessarily the leading driver of our foreign policy and especially of our domestic politics.   
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	Stay positive and love your life.   
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	The country's in significant danger, and I think we need people who are thoughtful. We're gonna have sharp differences, but we need to debate those in a way that's constructive and civil. I think President Obama is governing as a movement liberal. I don't think that rises to the level of being a socialist.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					