Alexander Ovechkin Quotes
My goal is the same, work like last year, play hard all the time. Try and score goals.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.
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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
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I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.
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Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
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We're right to say that a culture that can't tolerate free speech is... there are a wide range of positive human experiences that are not available in that culture. And we're right to want those experiences.
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Financial risk is always associated with drug discovery. But the benefit that a blockbuster drug can bring to the business can be phenomenal if you can take that risk.
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Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.
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I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns.
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My children are unaffected by me being an actress because that's the way I like to keep it. I love the fact that they are so innocent about my star status. Sometimes, they come running to me and say, 'Mom, you are on TV.'
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In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
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In order not to end up like the masses out there who are merely wandering and unsure of their goals and dreams, your objective must be clear. When your purpose is clear, your life will have meaning.
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I only like to play football.
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My writing, it's mostly fiction, but I want it to feel intimate and real.
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My goal is the same, work like last year, play hard all the time. Try and score goals.
