Tom Ridge Quotes
I think Senator Rubio is a very talented young man. But you can well imagine that I am kind of partial to governors.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.
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My confidence comes from my fights and my training.
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Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
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It seems to me that [Andy Cohen] can write these diaries forever.
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Letters remind us that when we write we can bring back the best of times, even make time stand still, if only for a few minutes.
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A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles.
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It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.
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I want to play. Obviously we didn't get it done the first time I was a part of that team. If God blesses me with another opportunity to try it, it would be an honor. I would have a second shot at fulfilling one of my goals.
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You've got everything except one thing: madness! A man needs a little madness, or else...
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I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point?
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Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.
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I like fashion because it’s sort of my job, so I’m into it when I have to be. But when I’m not working, I wear jeans and T-shirts. I go to vintage stores all the time to find funky T-shirts.
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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
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I believe it is by divine design that the role of motherhood emphasizes the nurturing and teaching of the next generation.
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To an American, that which deprives him of his freedom he regards as injustice, and that which allows him to enjoy that freedom he regards as justice. The concept of justice is as central to the totality of his being as freedom is, and this is not surprising, since the motivating idea behind the American Declaration of Independence was the fervent desire for justice.
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I think Senator Rubio is a very talented young man. But you can well imagine that I am kind of partial to governors.
