Todd Akin (William Todd Akin) Quotes
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.
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My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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I'm not gonna lie, I love Usain Bolt and Serena Williams. What I love about Serena is that she just gets on the floor and she dominates. She handles her business very well, I respect that.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.
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The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening techniques.
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More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.
