Edmund Burke Quotes
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Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job.
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Whether stuck in traffic because of construction or fixing a flat tire after hitting a pothole, Michiganders feel frustrated with the quality of our roads.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
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Oh, God! it is a fearful thingTo see the human soul take wingIn any shape, in any mood.
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I think that you just understand, as any creative person, that there's a beast that you have to beat, and it never goes away. I've resigned myself to that, and it's kind of what keeps you going. Writing is the worst and the best.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
